Breakdown of استادها در میزگرد نظر دادند.
استاد
professor / master (expert)
درdar
in
میزگردmizgerd
roundtable / panel discussion
نظر دادنnazar dâdan
to give an opinion, to comment
Questions & Answers about استادها در میزگرد نظر دادند.
میزگرد translates to "panel", but what does it literally mean?
It literally means "round table" (میز means table and گرد means round). In Farsi, it is used exactly like "roundtable discussion" or "panel" in English to describe a group of experts discussing a topic.
This lesson covers prepositions like dar moured-e (about/regarding). Where would I put one if I wanted to say what the professors gave their opinion about?
You would typically place the complex preposition phrase right before the compound verb. For example, to say they gave their opinion about the program, you would insert it to make dar moured-e barnâmeh نظر دادند (dar moured-e barnâmeh nazar dâdand).
Why doesn't the Farsi sentence include a word for "their" before "opinions"?
The Farsi sentence uses the compound verb نظر دادن (to give opinion). You generally do not need to add a possessive suffix like -eshân (their) to the noun part of a compound verb when the context already makes it obvious whose opinion is being shared.
I have learned that human nouns can take the plural suffix -ân. Would استادان work here instead of استادها?
Yes, استادان (ostâd-ân) is an excellent choice here. It is the more formal plural for humans, and since a panel discussion is a professional academic setting, it fits perfectly. استادها (ostâd-hâ) is also correct and is the standard choice in everyday spoken Farsi.