Questions & Answers about این خانه بزرگ است.
- این = this (a demonstrative, like this/that)
- خانه = house
- بزرگ = big/large (an adjective)
- است = is (the verb to be, 3rd person singular)
So the structure is literally: This house big is.
In Persian, adjectives typically come after the noun they describe:
- خانه بزرگ = a big house / the big house (depending on context) This is different from English, where adjectives come before the noun (big house).
Persian doesn’t have separate words for a/an or the. Whether it means a big house or the big house depends on context.
If you specifically want to mark indefinite “a”, you can use یک:
- این خانه بزرگ است = This house is big (definite because of this)
- یک خانه بزرگ است = It is a big house / (It’s) a big house (context-dependent)