Learn Farsi: من برای این جفت کفش، دقیقاً همانی را می‌خواهم که پاشنه‌ی کوتاه دارد. - For this pair of shoes, I want exactly the very one that has a short heel.

من برای این جفت کفش، دقیقاً همانی را می‌خواهم که پاشنه‌ی کوتاه دارد.man barâye in joft-e kafsh, daqiqan hamâni râ mikhâham ke pâshane-ye kutâh dârad.

For this pair of shoes, I want exactly the very one that has a short heel.

Breakdown of من برای این جفت کفش، دقیقاً همانی را می‌خواهم که پاشنه‌ی کوتاه دارد.

Questions & Answers about من برای این جفت کفش، دقیقاً همانی را می‌خواهم که پاشنه‌ی کوتاه دارد.

How does hamâni function here, and why is there an -i attached to it?

The word hamâni combines the emphatic demonstrative hamân (that very) with the restrictive suffix -i. Together with ke, the structure hamâni ke translates to the very one that. The -i is essential because it signals that a relative clause is about to follow and define exactly which one you are talking about.

Would it be correct to use hamini instead of hamâni in this context?

You would use hamini (this very one) if you were physically holding or pointing to the exact shoe you want. By using hamâni (that very one), the speaker is referring to a specific type or concept of a shoe they have in mind, rather than one right in front of them.

Why does the object marker râ attach directly to hamâni instead of going at the end of the sentence?

The pronoun hamâni is the direct object of the verb mi-xâham, so it takes râ. Farsi naturally prefers to keep verbs relatively close to their subjects and objects. To avoid leaving the main verb stranded at the very end of a long sentence, the relative clause (ke pâshne-ye kutâh dârad) is moved after the verb.

Why is there no ezâfe linking joft and kafsh in the phrase in joft kafsh?

In this phrase, acts as a measure word or classifier, much like when you count pieces of something. When a word is used as a classifier to specify an amount or unit, you simply place the noun directly after it without using an ezâfe.