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Jan W. Amtrup, Hamid Mansouri Rad, Karine Megerdoomian and RƩmi Zajac (2000). Persian-English Machine Translation.
URL: http://members.cox.net/jamtrup/papers/mccs319.pdf
(Last accessed 2009-07-23).
ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 1794&langcode=pes (2018-04-21).
Example #1:
jāru khub mizad broom good was hitting "he/she used to sweep well"Example #2:
jāru rā zad broom OBJ hit "he/she hit the broom"Example #3:
ketāb syāh rezā [pronounced: ketāb-e syāh-e rezā] book black Reza `Reza's black book'Example #4:
niru-ye havā-ye artesh irān force-EZ air-EZ army Iran "the air force of the army of Iran"Example #5:
sedā-ye pā-ye man sound-ez foot-ez my `(the) sound of my footsteps'Example #6:
ru-ye miz on-ez table `on the table'Example #7:
(1) a. bache-hā panjare rā shekast-and child-Plur window Obj break-Past-3pl `The children broke the window.'Example #8:
b. (mā) kabāb mi-khor-im (we) kabob Imp-eat-Present/2pl `We are eating kabob.'Example #9:
(2) Hushang be bache-hā nān dād Hushang to child-Plur bread gave/3sg `Hushang gave (some) bread to the children.'Example #10:
(3) Hushang nān rā be bache-hā dād Hushang bread Obj to child-Plur gave/3sg `Hushang gave the bread to the children.'Example #11:
(7) mardom dar khyābān-hā tazāhorāt mi-kard-and people in street-Plur demonstrations Imp-do-3pl `People were demonstrating in the streets.'Example #12:
(8) a. bache-hā raft-and (be) manzel child-Plur go-Past-3pl (to) home `The children went home.'Example #13:
b. pākat rā gozāsht ru-ye miz envelope Obj put-Past-3sg on-Ez table `He/she put the envelope on the table.'Example #14:
(9) mardom ne-mi-khāst-and (ke) rafsanjāni dar in entekhābāt barande shavad people neg-Imp-want-Past/3pl (that) Rafsanjani in these elections winner become-Subj/3sg `People didn't want Rafsanjani to win in these elections.'Example #15:
(10) a. bache-hā chi rā shekast-and? child-Plur what Obj break-Past-3pl `What did the children break?'Example #16:
b. ki panjare rā shekast? who window Obj break-Past-3sg `Who broke the window?'Example #17:
(11) in do tā ketāb-e kohne this two CL book-Ez old `These two old books'Example #18:
(12) zan budan-ash woman be-her `her being a woman'Example #19:
(13) koshtan-e shir kill-Ez lion `the killing of a lion'Example #20:
(14) ktab dvst pdr daryvsh book friend father Dariush `Dariush's father's friend's book'Example #21:
(16) jlsh kmysyvn amvr daxly mjls ayn kshvr meeting committee affairs internal parliament this country `The meeting of the Committee on Internal affairs of this country's Parliament'Example #22:
(23) zan-i ke injā neshaste ast hamsar-e Nāder ast woman-Encl that here sit-Part is spouse-Ez Nader is `The woman that is sitting here is Nader's wife.'Example #23:
(24) ktāb-i rā ke diruz kharide budam emruz sobh tamām kard-am book-Encl Obj that yesterday bought was today morning finish did-1sg `This morning, I finished the book that I had bought yesterday.'Example #24:
(25) mā pesar-ān-i rā entekhāb mi-kon-im ke dar jang sherkat na-karde-and we boy-Plur-Encl Obj choosing Imp-do-1pl that in war participation neg-done-3pl `We choose (the) boys that have not participated in the war.'Example #25:
tākonun nāshenāxte mānde bud. until now unknown remained was `Scientists have found a small plaque in the brain that until now had remained uExample #26:
(27) in bache-hā ke az ānhā ādres mi-porsid-i ... this kid-Plur that from them address Imp-ask-2sg `These kids from whom you asked for the address...'Example #27:
(28) shahr-i ke dar ān tazāhorāt shode bud ... city-Encl that in it demonstrations become was `The city in which demonstrations took place...'Example #28:
(29) zan-i ke barāy-ash ketāb kharid-i ... woman-Encl that for-Clitic(3sg) book buy-Past-2sg `The woman that you bought a book for...'Example #29:
(30) Hushang be bache-hā nān dād Hushang to child-Plur bread gave/3sg `Hushang gave (some) bread to the children.'Example #30:
(31) Hushang nān rā be bache-hā dād Hushang bread Obj to child-Plur gave/3sg `Hushang gave the bread to the children.'Example #31:
(32) jangande-hā-ye esraili jonub-e lobnān rā bombārān kard-and fighter plane-Plur-Ez Israeli south-Ez Lebanon Obj bombing did-3pl `Israeli fighter planes bombed the south of Lebanon.'Example #32:
maskuni-e jonub-e lobnān ast residential-Ez south-Ez Lebanon is(3sg) of Lebanon.'Example #33:
(34) a. sarbāz-hā golesorxi rā dar zendān shekanje dādand soldier-Pl Golesorkhi Obj in prison torture gave-3pl `The soldiers tortured Golesorkhi in prison.'Example #34:
b. golesorxi dar zendān (be dast-e sarbāz-hā) shekanje did Golesorkhi in prison (to hand-Ez soldier-Pl) torture saw/3sg `Golesorkhi was tortured in jail (by the soldiers).'Example #35:
(35) bache-hā pirmard rā kotak-esh zad-and child-Plur old man Obj beating-him hit-3pl `The children beat up the old man.'Example #36:
(40) majnun āsheq-e leyli shod Majnun lover-Ez Leyli became `Majnun fell in love with Leyli.'Example #37:
(41) shomār-e bikār-ān afzāyesh-e shadid-i yāfte ast number-Ez unemployed-Plur increase-Ez intense-Indef found is `The number of the unemployed has increased intensely.'Example #38:
(42) englis xāstār-e moshārekat-e rusiye dar hall-e bohrān-e kozovo shod England requester-Ez cooperation-Ez Russia in solving crisis-Ez Kosovo became `England requested Russia's cooperation in solving the Kosovo crisis.Example #39:
(43) a. vaqti vāred shodam nader dāsht jāru mi-zad when enter became-1sg Nader had-3sg broom Imp-hit `When I entered, Nader was (in the process of) sweeping.'Example #40:
b. vaqti vāred shodam nader dāsht jāru rā mi-zad when enter became-1sg Nader had-3sg broom Obj Imp-hit `When I entered, Nader was (in the process of) hitting the broom.'Example #41:
(44) a. nader dishab zamin khord Nader last night floor eat-Past-3sg `Nader fell last night.'Example #42:
b. zamin-i rā ke nader khord bāvar nakardani bud floor-Encl Obj that Nader ate-3sg unbelievable was [Not `Nader's fall was unbelievable.']Example #43:
(45) a. tagarg dishab be baq-e man latme zad hail last night to garden-Ez my damage hit-Past-3sg `The hail damaged my garden last night.'Example #44:
b. latme-i rā ke tagarg be baq-e man zad bāvar nakardani bud damage-Encl Obj that hail to garden-Ez my hit-3sg unbelievable was `The damage that the hail caused to my garden was unbelievable.'