Breakdown of تماشاگرها برای اجرای بعدی آمدند.
برایbarâye
for
آمدنâmadan
to come
تماشاگرtamâshâgar
spectator
اجراejrâ
performance (execution)
بعدیba'di
next, following
Questions & Answers about تماشاگرها برای اجرای بعدی آمدند.
The lesson is about ba'd az (after), but here we see ba'di. What is the connection?
ba'd az is a preposition meaning "after" (like "after the performance"). By dropping az and adding the suffix -i, it becomes the adjective ba'di, which means "next" or "following". Here, it describes the performance: ejrā-ye ba'di (the next performance).
Why is there a -ye connecting ejrā and ba'di (ejrā-ye ba'di)?
In Farsi, nouns and adjectives are linked by the ezāfe vowel sound. The word for performance is ejrā. Because it ends in a long vowel, the ezāfe needs a consonant to bridge the gap, so it becomes a -ye sound instead of just -e.
How is the word tamāshāgar (spectator) built?
It is made of the word tamāshā, which means "watching" or "spectacle", and the suffix -gar, which means "doer" (similar to "-er" in English). So a tamāshāgar is a watcher or spectator. The -hā at the end makes it plural.
Does the preposition barāy (for) need an ezāfe to connect to the next word?
Yes! When barāy (for) is followed by a noun or pronoun, it takes the ezāfe. It is pronounced barāy-e, as in barāy-e ejrā (for the performance).
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