Breakdown of ورزشهایی از قبیل شنا و حرکات کششی، انعطافپذیری شما را به مراتب بهتر میکنند.
شما
you (plural)
و
and
کردنkardan
to do / to make
ورزشvarzesh
exercise / sport
راrâ
definite direct object marker
بهترbehtar
better
به مراتبbe marâteb
by far / considerably
حرکتharekat
movement, departure
شناshenâ
swimming
از قبیلaz qabil
such as / including (of the category)
انعطافپذیریen'etâf-paziri
flexibility
کششیkesheshi
stretching (adjective)
Questions & Answers about ورزشهایی از قبیل شنا و حرکات کششی، انعطافپذیری شما را به مراتب بهتر میکنند.
Why is there an ی attached to the end of ورزشها forming ورزشهایی?
This is the restrictive ی (sometimes called the relative 'y'). When you introduce specific examples or a descriptive clause right after a noun, Farsi often attaches this ی to link it to the description. Here, it connects 'sports' to the specific examples that follow: از قبیل شنا (such as swimming).
Could I just use مثل instead of از قبیل to say 'such as'?
Yes, مثل or مانند would work perfectly well here and mean the exact same thing. از قبیل literally translates to 'from the category of' and sounds a bit more formal, making it great for introducing a list of examples within a broader class (like sports).
How exactly does حرکات کششی break down to mean 'stretching exercises'?
حرکات is the plural of حرکت (movement or physical motion). کششی is an adjective made from کشش (a stretch or tension) plus the suffix ی which turns a noun into a related adjective. Connected by an ezafe, it literally means 'stretching movements'.
How does the phrase به مراتب work with the word بهتر here?
به مراتب is a fixed adverbial phrase that means 'by far', 'considerably', or 'by degrees'. At the B2 level, you'll often see it placed directly before a comparative adjective—like بهتر (better) in this sentence—to strongly emphasize the degree of the comparison.
Why is میکنند (they do) used for the verb 'to make' instead of a translation of the English verb 'to make'?
In Farsi, the compound verb structure [Adjective] + کردن is the standard way to express 'to make [Adjective]'. Therefore, بهتر کردن means 'to make better' or 'to improve'. The verb is plural (میکنند) to agree with the plural subject, ورزشهایی (sports).
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