Breakdown of رویهمرفته، همان دلایل متقاعدکننده برای ما کافی است.
است
is
ما
we
برایbarâye
for
دلیلdalil
reason
کافیkâfi
enough
همانhamân
that very / that same
متقاعدکنندهmotaqâ'edkonande
convincing
رویهمرفتهruye-ham-rafte
on the whole
Questions & Answers about رویهمرفته، همان دلایل متقاعدکننده برای ما کافی است.
How does the phrase ru-ye ham rafte literally mean "on the whole"?
Ru-ye means "on," ham means "together" or "each other," and rafte means "gone." Literally, it translates to "having gone on top of each other." This creates the image of stacking all your points up to look at them as a single pile, which is why it's used as a discourse marker for "on the whole," "altogether," or "all things considered."
What nuance does hamân add here compared to just using ân (those)?
While ân simply means "that" or "those," adding the prefix ham- creates hamân, which means "that same" or "those same." In this sentence, it shows the speaker is referring back to specific reasons that were already discussed or are mutually known, rather than just pointing out random reasons.
Why is the verb ast (is) singular when the subject is dalâyel (reasons), which is plural?
This is a good reminder of an important Farsi rule: inanimate plural subjects (like reasons, objects, or concepts) almost always take a singular verb. Because dalâyel is not a group of people, the sentence uses the singular ast instead of the plural hastand.
How is the adjective motaqâ'ed-konnande (convincing) constructed?
It comes from the compound verb motaqâ'ed kardan (to convince / to persuade). By dropping kardan (to do/make) and replacing it with its active participle form konnande (doer/maker), the phrase becomes an adjective meaning "convincing" (literally "the maker of persuasion").
Dalâyel means "reasons," but it doesn't end in the usual plural suffixes -hâ or -ân. Why?
Dalâyel is an Arabic "broken plural" of the word dalil (reason). Instead of attaching a suffix, the internal vowel structure of the word changes. While this broken plural is very common in formal and everyday Farsi, you could also completely correctly say dalil-hâ.
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