Breakdown of برای ما کیفیت اهمیت دارد.
ما
we
برایbarâye
for
کیفیتkeyfiyat
quality
اهمیت داشتنahammiyyat dâshtan
to matter, to be important
Questions & Answers about برای ما کیفیت اهمیت دارد.
English uses the verb "to matter" here. How does Farsi express this concept?
Farsi doesn't have a single, direct verb for "to matter." Instead, it uses the compound phrase اهمیت دارد (literally "it has importance"). To say something matters to someone, you use the preposition برای (for) plus the person, as seen here: برای ما ... اهمیت دارد (literally "for us ... it has importance").
Could I just use مهم است (is important) instead of اهمیت دارد?
Yes, you absolutely can! Saying برای ما کیفیت مهم است (literally "for us, quality is important") means exactly the same thing. اهمیت دارد is just slightly more formal and uses the abstract noun اهمیت (importance) rather than the adjective مهم (important).
Both کیفیت and اهمیت end in ـیت (-iyat). Is this related to the '-i' capability suffix from this lesson?
Good eye, but these are actually different! Your current lesson covers the Persian suffix ـی (-i) added to infinitives to mean "worth doing" or "capable of" (like خوردنی, "edible/worth eating"). The ـیت (-iyat) ending in this sentence is an Arabic suffix used to create abstract nouns out of adjectives or nouns, very much like "-ity" or "-ness" in English. For example, the adjective مهم (important) becomes the noun اهمیت (importance).
Why does برای ما (for us) come before the subject کیفیت (quality)?