Breakdown of من همهی کاستیها را در گزارش نوشتم.
من
I
درdar
in
نوشتنneveshtan
to write
راrâ
definite direct object marker
Questions & Answers about من همهی کاستیها را در گزارش نوشتم.
This lesson focuses on creating nouns with the past stem plus '-âr'. Are there any similar derived nouns in this sentence?
Yes, but they use different suffixes! kâsti (shortcoming) is built from the past stem of kâstan (to decrease) plus -i. Meanwhile, gozâresh (report) uses the present stem of gozârdan plus -esh. Even the verb here, neveshtam, has a related noun matching the current lesson: neveshtâr (a piece of writing).
Why is there an ezafe connecting hame and kâsti-hâ?
When hame (all) modifies a specific group of things, it is followed by an ezafe, translating closer to 'all of the'. Because hame ends in a silent 'h' in Farsi, the ezafe takes the pronunciation and written form of -ye.
Could the object marker râ go after gozâresh instead?
No, because râ must strictly follow the definite direct object it flags. The direct object here is solely the phrase hame-ye kâsti-hâ (all the shortcomings). The phrase dar gozâresh is a prepositional phrase showing location, so it sits outside the scope of the direct object.
Is kâsti the best word for 'shortcoming' in standard Farsi?