Word
ورزشهایی از قبیل شنا و حرکات کششی، انعطافپذیری شما را به مراتب بهتر میکنند.
Meaning
Sports such as swimming and stretching exercises make your flexibility considerably better.
Part of speech
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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
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 (better) in this sentence—to strongly emphasize the degree of the comparison.