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Jan W. Amtrup, Hamid Mansouri Rad, Karine Megerdoomian and RĆ©mi 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 (2018-07-23).
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 u
Example #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.'