| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| Expressions Connected with Saris (Indian and Pakistani women's dresses, in case not known in Iran) | 11/26/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Title: Expressions Connected with Saris (Indian and Pakistani women's dresses, in case not known in ...
A: Well, it may be wrong to translate 'دست' here. These words are called ...
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| to get up | 11/23/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Greetings Mojtaba, Please could you let me know the difference between پا ...
A: پا شدن has two different meanings: 1. To stand up. For example: ...
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| Translating "imagine" by John Lennon | 11/21/2009 | Kedar Desai |
Q: I'm working on an idea for a tattoo. I will translate the song "Imagine" by John Lennon into 12 or ...
A: As i told earlier in some question's answer, There are lots of softwares like "Akruti" or "Barah" ...
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| The Passive | 11/19/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Greetings Mojtaba, I'm a bit confused about the Persian passive voice. I think I know how to say, ...
A: This sentence is just an idiom. کاری از دست ...
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| Portuguese sentences | 11/19/2009 | James Rezende Piton |
Q: Bom dia! Eu amo Português! Again, I've made some Portuguese sentences. Please correct them for me : ...
A: Olá de novo, Joe 1. Não todos dragães podem respirar fogo (Not every dragons can breath fire) "Nem ...
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| DO, IO & Passive | 11/16/2009 | James Rezende Piton |
Q: Oi James. Como vai? How to build sentence that contains both direct and indirect object in ...
A: Olá (ou: Oi), Joe. Vou bem. E você? > I want to send her a letter. Quero lhe enviar uma carta. ...
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| Portugues | 11/11/2009 | James Rezende Piton |
Q: I've tried to make some Portuguese sentences. Will you correct them for me? 1. O jacare feio dele ...
A: Joe I use [] for an optional word. We in Brazil often puts an article before the pronouns: o seu, a ...
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| Another Sentence from the Autobiography - جرأت کردم او را پدر بخوانم" - بلقیس شیخ | 11/10/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Title: Another Sentence from the Autobiography - جرأت ...
A: First of all you'd better know the meaning of the verb از دست ...
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| Portuguese translation | 11/10/2009 | James Rezende Piton |
Q: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu-nfKFDSB8 Hi James, I'm very sorry because this question isn't ...
A: Joe Never mind. It's a pleasure to try give an answer also about culture. I am very keen to this ...
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| whitewash | 11/5/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Greetings Mojtaba, Please, what is the Persian for “whitewash” (the white, inexpensive liquid ...
A: 'We must whitewash the wall' can be: 'ما باید ...
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| Persian Sentence | 11/4/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Many thanks for the useful tip. Here we go with the full sentence: ...
A: Now, I can make a complete translation: 'Certainly he/she was aware of the fact that who has ...
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| مسلماً او نیز به خوبی میدانست که چه کسی دختر& | 11/4/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: The Subject here is a sentence from the book I am reading (جرأت ...
A: the subject is an incomplete sentence. It requires an ending. What I see is: ...
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| Follow-up | 11/3/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Re به شوخی کاری ...
A: /be shukhi kari kardan/ کاری کردن means do ...
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| jokes and tricks | 11/3/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: What is the most common expression used to translate the following, please? 1. "to play a trick on ...
A: 1. If you mean deceiving someone (of course your example doesn't concern with deceiving), it is ...
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| Meltem Vural | 11/2/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: I’m reading the Turkish-language autobiography of Meltem Vural [Şu dağın ardı ...
A: Khoshmand and Khoshang don't have meanings in Persian. But they might be 'Hushmand' and 'Hushang'. ...
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| بازهم | 11/2/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Here's a word I can't find in my dictionary for some reason. Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place. ...
A: I think you may know the word 'همدیگر' or ...
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| نقشبند | 10/28/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Is the word نقشبند used in Iran today? What does it mean, ...
A: نقشبند means painter, drawer, designer. As you correctly ...
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| Translation of "to the west of (England)" | 10/27/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Greetings Mojtaba, In describing the geographical location of my country Wales, it is crucial that ...
A: Playing with the prepositions are always associated with ambiguity and amphibology. I have two ...
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| Mersiye | 10/24/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Can you please translate this video to English? If it is too much can you please translate a few ...
A: Though these themes have something to do with the religion, they have actually become pertaining to ...
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| Mersiye | 10/23/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Can you please translate this video to English? If it is too much can you please translate a few ...
A: Very bad accent, really difficult to understand! ... بر نی سر ...
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| The polite answer to "Welcome!" | 10/15/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Here in Turkey, when someone says, “Hoş geldin” (= welcome, based on the Persian ...
A: There are 'a lot of' responses to such phrases in Persian which none of them is limited to any ...
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| Difficult Sentence | 10/10/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: I've come across a rather difficult sentence in the book I'm reading, an autobiography of an ...
A: عقلانه here means wise, in a wise manner. Though this word ...
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| How to say Lion of Kabul | 10/9/2009 | Asha |
Q: I am attempting to find an Americanized version of how to say "fire" and "Lion of Kabul" in Farsi ...
A: Fire means Atash that is pronouced ( A:tash) and if it is verb means Atash kardan ( a:tash ...
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| Phrase in Autobiography - جرأت کردم او را پدر بخوانم" - بلقیس شیخ" | 10/9/2009 | Behzad |
Q: Please could you explain the following phrase? البته در ...
A: البته در جوی ...
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| فگن | 10/8/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Many thanks again for another excellent answer. Recently I've met two women here called Figen, and ...
A: فگن is the "Present Root" (بن مضارع) of ...
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| 2 Proverbs | 10/7/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Today I should like to ask about two proverbs. 1. چراغ ...
A: The first proverb means "The light doesn't see its own closeness. It doesn't illuminate it." And it ...
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| Hi | 10/5/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: May you kindly help me translate these part from Dariush's song .. باز ...
A: Here's the translation: The sun set again and the night arrived. Again, I got a fever. Another cry ...
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| All about the ezafe | 10/1/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Many thanks again for all the excellent help. What do you write when you add an ezafe (in this case ...
A: First of all, I think I haven't been able to exactly define what an ezafe is. The "e" after nouns is ...
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| کی – کیان – کیانوش | 10/1/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Sometimes I come across things I really don't have a clue about. This is one: ...
A: کیان is the plural of کی but this کی doesn't mean ...
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| نهال and نهاد, | 9/30/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Many thanks for the excellent recent help. I don't know if I mentioned that I lived in Turkey with ...
A: نهاد in Persian is the Past Root (بن ...
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| ناز | 9/26/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: This is a word that I still have trouble understanding. What is its basic meaning, please? Why is ...
A: ناز as a noun means flirtation and coquetry. But it is often used instead of ...
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| Translation | 9/26/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: How would you translate the phrase "I am as I am"? Also, how would you write it and pronounce it? ...
A: Natasha There are some ways to say “I am as I am”: “من خودم ...
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| جلگه and دشت | 9/25/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: I was very impressed by the examples you gave, particularly the second – are you a professional ...
A: Well, I’m not a geographer. That was just a simple sample. The difference between ...
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| پست باد - okay or obscure? | 9/24/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Many thanks for another excellent answer. Do you ever use پست ...
A: "پست باد" is the exact translation of "down with" since "down" ...
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| Up with .../ Down with... | 9/24/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: Many thanks again for the excellent recent answer. Today I wish to ask two things, please. How do ...
A: A most common way to say “up with democracy” in Persian is “زنده ...
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| ویراستار | 9/16/2009 | Behzad |
Q: Greetings Behzad, I can't find ویراستار in my ...
A: As you guessed correctly it is a new word meaning editor. Its origin is ...
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| Beginner Portuguese | 9/15/2009 | James Rezende Piton |
Q: 1. Is that true that Portuguese people often repeat "Nao" after verb when they express commands, ...
A: Joe 1. Yes, but also in Brazil we say "Não é verdade, não", with an additional ending "não" to ...
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| although | 9/12/2009 | Behzad |
Q: Am I right in thinking that you have at least four ways of saying “although” in Persian? To wit, ...
A: There are some words for saying although: اگرچه، ...
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| translation | 9/9/2009 | Mojtaba Parsa |
Q: AND WHEN SHE WAS SAD, I WAS THERE TO DRY HER TEARS AND WHEN SHE WAS HAPPY SO WAS I WHEN SHE LOVED ME
A: Here's the translation: و هنگامی که ...
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| هیکل & پیکر | 9/9/2009 | Behzad |
Q: Greetings Behzad, Many thanks for another excellent answer. I have been wondering about the word ...
A: Different meanings are written for پیکر in Dehkhoda dictionary; it, in ...
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