Re: [trans-fa] Plural forms for Farsi

[دانیال ب. <dan...@ub...>]

Hey Bruno,

This is some how complicated.

We have two form of verbs for single and plural live subjects.
For example the verb is different in "{1} man went" and "{2} men went".

But there can be no different in verb form for non-alive subject.
For example the verb can be the same or different in "{1} rock fell" and "{2} rocks fell". However modern literature prefers to use different verb forms here too.

Also, Nouns followed by a number are never different. For example the translation is exactly the same in ”{1} minute passed" and "{2} minutes passed".

در 22 دسامبر 2021 19:43:24 (GMT+03:30)، Bruno Haible <br...@cl...> نوشت:
>Hi, dear Farsi translators,
>
>I am the GNU gettext maintainer, and I would like to support correct plural
>forms also for Farsi in the GNU gettext tools, out of the box, and improve
>the GNU gettext documentation.
>
>You certainly know about the "plural forms", as documented here:
>https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Plural-forms.html
>
>I have gotten different data about Farsi, thus my question.
>
>* The page https://l10n.gnome.org/teams/fa/ suggests the formula
>  nplurals=1; plural=0;
>
>* But CLDR suggests the formula
>  nplurals=2; plural=(n > 1);
>
>Which one is correct? That is, in sentences with plurals,
>does a sentence with the number 0 or 1 look like the sentence with any
>number > 1 ?
>
>If you are not sure: There are certainly books about the grammar of
>your language, that describe this detail.
>
>Best regards,
>
>                       Bruno
>
>
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