Breakdown of آشپز ما آش خوشمزهای میپزد.
ما
we
پختنpokhtan
to cook
خوشمزهkhoshmaze
delicious
آشâsh
âsh (thick Persian soup)
Questions & Answers about آشپز ما آش خوشمزهای میپزد.
Why is the indefinite "a" (ای) attached to the end of the adjective instead of the noun?
In Farsi, when a noun is followed by an adjective, the indefinite suffix -ی or -ای (meaning "a" or "an") usually attaches to the end of the adjective rather than the noun itself. So, instead of adding it to آش (âsh), it attaches to خوشمزه (khoshmazeh) to make آش خوشمزهای (âsh-e khoshmazeh-i).
What is the infinitive for the verb میپزد (mi-paz-ad)?
The infinitive is پختن (pokhtan, to cook). Farsi verbs often have very different past and present stems. The present stem here is پز (paz). Adding the continuous prefix می (mi-) and the singular third-person ending -د (-ad) gives us the simple present verb میپزد.
Is it a coincidence that the words آشپز (âshpaz, cook) and آش (âsh, soup) look so similar?
Not at all! The word آشپز literally translates to "âsh-cooker." It is a compound word made from آش (a traditional thick Persian soup) and پز (paz), the present stem of "to cook." Over time, this specific term became the general Farsi word for any cook or chef.
Since this lesson is about the Past Progressive tense, how would we change this sentence to say "Our cook was cooking delicious âsh"?
To say "was cooking," you use the past tense of داشتن (dâshtan) as a helper verb, followed by the past continuous of the main verb. The past continuous of "to cook" for "he/she" is (mi-pokht). So, the Past Progressive sentence is (âshpaz-e mâ dâsht âsh-e khoshmazeh-i mi-pokht).