Breakdown of او روی خامه پودر توتفرنگی میپاشد.
او
he/she
رویruye
on
خامهkhâme
cream (dairy)
پودرpoudr
powder
توتفرنگیtut-farangi
strawberry
پاشیدنpâshidan
to sprinkle
Questions & Answers about او روی خامه پودر توتفرنگی میپاشد.
How would I change this sentence to say "He sprinkles strawberry powder on EACH ONE OF the creams" to practice our current lesson?
You would insert the distributive partitive pronoun هر یک از (each one of) and make the noun plural. The prepositional phrase becomes روی هر یک از خامهها (ru-ye har yek az khâme-hâ). The full sentence would be: او روی هر یک از خامهها پودر توتفرنگی میپاشد.
How does the grammar of روی خامه work, and is there a hidden sound connecting them?
Yes, there is a hidden Ezafe. The word روی (ru) translates to "on," but grammatically it functions as a noun meaning "surface." It connects to the next word using the Ezafe (-ye since it ends in a vowel). You pronounce it رویِ خامه (ru-ye khâme), which literally translates to "surface of the cream."
Where exactly does the Ezafe go in the object phrase پودر توتفرنگی? Do we need one between توت and فرنگی?
The Ezafe only goes after پودر to connect "powder" to "strawberry," making it پودرِ توتفرنگی (pudr-e tut-farangi). You do not put an Ezafe inside توتفرنگی because it is a fixed compound noun acting as a single word, rather than a noun-adjective combination being built on the fly.
What is the literal translation of the compound word توتفرنگی?
It literally means "foreign berry." The word توت means berry or mulberry, and فرنگی refers to something foreign, European, or Frankish. It got this name to distinguish it from native berries when strawberries were first introduced to Iran from Europe.
What is the infinitive for the verb میپاشد and what is its present stem?
The infinitive is پاشیدن (pâshidan), meaning "to sprinkle," "to scatter," or "to splash." The present stem is پاش (pâsh), which takes the continuous prefix می and the third-person singular ending د to become میپاشد.
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