من بسکتبال و والیبال دوست دارم.man basketbâl va vâlibâl dust dâram.
I like basketball and volleyball.
Breakdown of من بسکتبال و والیبال دوست دارم.
من
I
و
and
دوست داشتنdust dâshtan
to like / to love
بسکتبالbasketbâl
basketball
والیبالvâleybâl
volleyball
Questions & Answers about من بسکتبال و والیبال دوست دارم.
Why don't we use the direct object marker rā or ro after "volleyball"?
The object marker rā (or ro in spoken Farsi) is only used for specific or definite direct objects. Here, you are talking about liking basketball and volleyball in a general sense, not a specific ball or a specific match, so the marker is left out.
How is the "and" (و) pronounced in everyday conversation here?
While formally pronounced va, in conversational Farsi the و connecting two nouns is almost always pronounced as a short -o sound attached to the previous word. So, basketbāl و vālibāl usually sounds like basketbāl-o vālibāl.
How does the structure of the compound verb دوست دارم work in this sentence?
Farsi typically puts verbs at the very end of the sentence. دوست دارم (dust dāram) is a compound verb that literally means "friend I have" (meaning "I like"). You simply list all the objects you like, such as basketbāl و vālibāl, right before the complete compound verb.
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