Breakdown of در توسعهی شهری، نابودی طبیعت اجتنابناپذیر محسوب میشود.
درdar
in
طبیعتtabi'at
nature
نابودیnâboodi
destruction
محسوب شدنmahsub shodan
to be considered
شهریshahri
urban / city (adjective)
اجتنابناپذیرejtenâb-nâpazir
inevitable / unavoidable
توسعهtowse'e
development
Questions & Answers about در توسعهی شهری، نابودی طبیعت اجتنابناپذیر محسوب میشود.
How does the word اجتنابناپذیر break down to mean "inevitable"?
This is a great example of Persian word-building! It combines اجتناب (avoidance), نا (the negative prefix), and پذیر (the present stem of پذیرفتن, meaning "to accept" or "to be susceptible to"). Literally, it means "avoidance-unaccepting" or "unable to be avoided."
Since this lesson is about argumentative correlatives, how would I add "On the one hand" to this sentence?
You can place از یک سو or از یک طرف at the very beginning to set up an argument. For example: از یک سو، در توسعهی شهری... (On the one hand, in urban development...). This perfectly sets the stage for a counter-argument in the next sentence starting with و از سوی دیگر (and on the other hand), perhaps about the need to protect the environment.
I know محسوب میشود means "is considered," but can I just use حساب میشود here?
You could, as both come from the same Arabic root (h-s-b) relating to counting or calculating. However, محسوب میشود is the standard, elevated passive form used in formal or academic contexts like this one. حساب میشود sounds much more conversational, like saying "it counts as" rather than "it is considered."
Why is there a visible ی added to توسعهی for the Ezafe, but not one added to نابودی?
توسعه (towse'e) ends in a "silent he" (which produces an 'e' vowel sound), so an explicit consonant ی must be written to bridge the vowels for the Ezafe. نابودی (nābudi) already ends in the long 'i' vowel. While you still pronounce the Ezafe with a 'ye' sound (nābudi-ye tabi'at), standard Persian spelling rules do not require writing an extra ی after words ending in this 'i' sound.
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