Breakdown of دبیرکل احمدی به سوالات خبرنگاران پاسخ میداد.
بهbe
to
سوالso'âl
question
خبرنگارkhabarnegâr
reporter
پاسخ دادنpâsokh dâdan
to reply
احمدیahmadi
Ahmadi (common surname)
دبیرکلdabirkol
Secretary General
Questions & Answers about دبیرکل احمدی به سوالات خبرنگاران پاسخ میداد.
Why is there an Ezafe between دبیرکل and احمدی?
This is the Explanatory Ezafe (Ezafe-ye Bayâni). In Farsi, when a title or profession comes right before a person's name, you must connect them with an Ezafe. So, "Secretary General Ahmadi" is spoken as dabir-kol-e Ahmadi. This rule applies to almost all titles, like دکتر (doktor) or آقا (âghâ).
Does the word دبیرکل break down into smaller parts?
Yes! It is a compound noun made of دبیر (secretary) and کل (general or total). So, دبیرکل directly translates to "Secretary General". Notice that the Ezafe used to connect it to Ahmadi goes at the very end of the entire compound word.
Why is the preposition به used before سوالات?
The compound verb پاسخ دادن, meaning "to answer" or "to reply", requires the preposition به (to) to indicate what or who is being answered. In English, we just "answer the questions", but in Farsi, you literally "give an answer to the questions".
Both سوالات and خبرنگاران are plural, but they use different suffixes. Why?
سوال is an Arabic loanword, so it takes the Arabic plural suffix ـات (-ât), making it سوالات. On the other hand, خبرنگار is a Farsi word referring to people (reporters), so it takes the traditional Farsi animate plural suffix ـان (-ân) to become خبرنگاران.
Why is the verb پاسخ میداد instead of just پاسخ داد?
پاسخ میداد is in the past continuous tense, formed with the prefix می and the simple past داد. It translates to "was answering", showing that the action was ongoing in the past. If it were پاسخ داد, it would be the simple past "answered", implying a single, completed event.
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