Learn Farsi: علی‌رغم دیرکرد، مرسوله داخل صندوق پستی شما است. - Despite the delay, the package is inside your mailbox.

علی‌رغم دیرکرد، مرسوله داخل صندوق پستی شما است.ali-raghm-e dirkard, mursule dâkhel-e sandogh-e postiye shomâ ast.

Despite the delay, the package is inside your mailbox.

Breakdown of علی‌رغم دیرکرد، مرسوله داخل صندوق پستی شما است.

Questions & Answers about علی‌رغم دیرکرد، مرسوله داخل صندوق پستی شما است.

How does the formal preposition علی‌رغم connect to the noun دیرکرد in this sentence, and is the connection written out?

Like many prepositions in Farsi, علی‌رغم connects to the following noun using an ezafe (the 'e' sound), making it علی‌رغمِ دیرکرد (alâ-raghm-e dirkard). Because علی‌رغم ends in a consonant, this ezafe is just pronounced and typically not written as a separate letter in the standard script.

The word for delay here is دیرکرد. How is this noun formed from words we might already know?

It is a compound noun made of the adjective دیر (late) and کرد (a noun-forming suffix derived from the verb 'to do'). Together, they literally mean 'the act of being late', which is commonly used in formal or administrative contexts for 'delay' or 'lateness'.

مرسوله seems like an unusually formal word for 'package'. Why is it used here instead of a more common word?

مرسوله is a formal, administrative word derived from Arabic, specifically used for postal mail, parcels, or shipments. It perfectly matches the formal, professional tone established by the preposition علی‌رغم. In everyday conversation, you would just use بسته (baste).

Let's review the chain of words at the end of the sentence. How do the ezafe vowels link داخل صندوق پستی شما together?