Breakdown of از یه طرف میگه توسعه خوبه، از طرف دیگه سر و صدای شهرسازی رو نمیخواد!
بودنbudan
to be
یکyek
one / a, an
گفتنgoftan
to say / to tell
راrâ
definite direct object marker
خواستنkhâstan
to want / to ask (request from someone)
خوبkhub
well / good
دیگرdigar
other, else
سر و صداsar o sedâ
noise (general)
شهرسازیshahrsâzi
urban planning
توسعهtowse'e
development
از طرف دیگرaz taraf-e digar
on the other hand
Questions & Answers about از یه طرف میگه توسعه خوبه، از طرف دیگه سر و صدای شهرسازی رو نمیخواد!
The lesson teaches از یک طرف ... و از طرف دیگر, but this sentence uses از یه طرف ... از طرف دیگه. Why the difference, and where is the "and" (و)?
This sentence is highly colloquial. یک (one) becomes یه, and دیگر (other) becomes دیگه. Additionally, in everyday spoken Farsi, the conjunction و (and) that usually links the two halves of this argumentative structure is often dropped to make the speech flow faster.
What is the literal translation of سر و صدا, and how does it mean "noise"?
Literally, it translates to "head and voice" or "head and sound" (سر meaning head, صدا meaning voice/sound). Together, they form an everyday compound noun meaning "noise" or "clamor," specifically the kind of chaotic noise you would hear from a construction site, traffic, or a loud crowd.
There are three contracted verbs in this sentence (میگه, خوبه, نمیخواد). What are their formal written equivalents?
In written Farsi, these would be میگوید (he/she says), خوب است (is good), and نمیخواهد (he/she doesn't want). Spoken Farsi heavily shortens these: the present stem گو becomes گ, the stem خواه becomes خوا, and the "to be" verb است attaches to the previous word as an ـه (-e) ending.
Why is the direct object marker رو placed after شهرسازی instead of right after صدا? Isn't "the noise" what he doesn't want?
The direct object is the entire noun phrase سر و صدای شهرسازی (the noise of urban planning). The object marker رو (the spoken form of را) always attaches to the very end of the entire noun phrase, even after all the nouns and adjectives have been linked together by the ezafe.
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