Word
این بدیهی است که یک جای امن انتخاب کنید، وگرنه آب زیرانداز را خیس میکند.
Meaning
It is obvious to choose a safe place, otherwise water will wet the groundsheet.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of این بدیهی است که یک جای امن انتخاب کنید، وگرنه آب زیرانداز را خیس میکند.
این
this
بودنbudan
to be
یکyek
one / a, an
آبâb
water
Questions & Answers about این بدیهی است که یک جای امن انتخاب کنید، وگرنه آب زیرانداز را خیس میکند.
In English, we say 'It is obvious...' Why does the Farsi sentence start with in (this) instead of just dropping the pronoun?
In English, we use 'it' as an empty or 'dummy' subject in phrases like 'It is obvious that...'. Farsi doesn't have a direct equivalent for this 'it', so it uses the demonstrative pronoun in (this) instead. The structure in + [adjective] + ast ke is the standard way to form these anticipatory clauses.
Why is the verb entekhab konid in the subjunctive mood here, and where is its be- prefix?
The phrase in badi-hi ast ke expresses an evaluation or recommendation, which requires the verb in the following clause to be in the subjunctive mood. With compound verbs like entekhab kardan (to choose), the subjunctive be- prefix is very often dropped in modern Farsi. So, entekhab konid is used here instead of entekhab bekonid.
Why is there an ezafe on ja (ja-ye) when the phrase already starts with yek?
The word yek acts as an article ('a' or 'one') and sits before the noun. However, the noun ja (place) still needs to connect to its adjective amn (safe). You must always use the ezafe to link a noun to its adjective, regardless of whether yek is at the start of the phrase. Since ja ends in a vowel, it takes the -ye form.
How is the vocabulary word (groundsheet) formed?