Breakdown of او یک گزینهی بهتر پیشنهاد داد.
او
he/she
یکyek
one / a, an
بهترbehtar
better
گزینهgozine
option
پیشنهاد دادنpishnahâd dâdan
to suggest, to propose
Questions & Answers about او یک گزینهی بهتر پیشنهاد داد.
The lesson is about proposing actions with 'let us' (hortatives). Why isn't that structure used here?
This sentence approaches proposals from a different angle. Instead of urging someone to do something (like 'Let us go' using biyâ), it simply describes the action in the past tense using the compound verb pishnahâd dâdan (to propose or suggest).
Why does the word گزینه (gozine) have a ی added to it here?
The word gozine (option) ends in a silent 'heh'. To connect it to the adjective behtar (better), you need the ezafe vowel. Because you cannot easily pronounce two vowels back-to-back, Farsi adds a ی (y) as a consonant bridge, making it sound like gozine-ye behtar.
How would the word order change if he proposed the 'best' option instead of a 'better' one?
Comparatives like behtar (better) follow the noun with an ezafe. Superlatives end in -tarin and go before the noun without an ezafe. Because 'the best option' makes the object specific, you would also drop yek (a/one) and add the specific object marker râ, resulting in: ou behtarin gozine râ pishnahâd dâd.
What are the literal components of the compound verb پیشنهاد داد (pishnahâd dâd)?
It comes from the infinitive pishnahâd dâdan. The noun pishnahâd means proposal or suggestion, and dâdan means to give. So, literally, he 'gave a proposal'.
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