Breakdown of تاخیر نمایش دو ساعت بود.
بودنbudan
to be
دوdo
two
ساعتsâ'at
o'clock (the hour)
نمایشnemâyesh
show / performance
تاخیرta'khir
delay
Questions & Answers about تاخیر نمایش دو ساعت بود.
Why is ساعت (sa'at) singular when the English translation says "two hours"?
In Farsi, nouns that come right after a number always stay in their singular form. So دو ساعت (do sa'at) literally looks like "two hour", but it correctly translates to "two hours".
How do we say "the show's" in Farsi? I don't see a word for it.
Farsi uses a grammatical link called the Ezafe to show possession or connection. You add an invisible "e" sound to the end of the first word. So, تاخیر نمایش is pronounced takhir-e namayesh, which literally means "delay of show".
Is there a difference between دو ساعت (do sa'at) and ساعت دو (sa'at-e do)?
Yes, a very important one! When the number comes first (دو ساعت), it means a duration: "two hours", just like in this sentence. When ساعت comes first and takes an Ezafe (ساعت دو), it means the time on the clock: "two o'clock".
Why isn't there a word for "the" at the beginning of the sentence?
Farsi doesn't have a direct equivalent to the English word "the". A noun is often understood to be specific just from the context. Because we are talking about the specific delay of a specific show, تاخیر نمایش naturally translates to "the show's delay".
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