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Ah…name of my cat that I am sending for you (= to you) its photos,
two of its photos, is Qerti. (aks-ash vs aks-āsh: the plural
marker -(h)ā disappears from aks as soon as a
number modifies it) |
اهم ... اسم گربهٔ من که عکساشو براتون٬ دو تا عکسشو براتون دارم
می‌فرستم قرتیه. |
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Qerti is nine years old and is a girl. |
قرتی نه سالشه و دختره. |
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Of course, if you want the truth, I did not choose this name
for her since I do not like this name. (Cultural note: "Qerti"
which means "show-off", "nice-dresser", "one who struts their stuff",
"sexy", etc. Usage varies and sometimes may refer
to both males and females and have lewd connotations. This
word should be used with caution in conservative and
traditional settings although in younger Tehran circles, it
probably won't raise too many eyebrows.) |
البتّه این اسم رو، راستشو بخواین، من براش انتخاب نکردم
چون من این اسمو دوست ندارم. |
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But when they gave me Qerti, |
ولی موقعی که قرتی رو به من دادنش |
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since ... before um, one young lady and
gentleman (couple) were her,
um, as they say, father and mother (parents) that… |
چون ... قبلاً اِه ... یک خانم و آقای جوونی، اِه... به اصطلاح، پدر مادر قرتی بودن
که... |
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they kept her up to four years old. |
اونا تا چهار سالگی نگهش داشته بودن. |
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Then they had a child and |
بعد دیگه بچّه‌دار شدن و |
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they didn't want a little nursing infant to be with cat,
with each other in one house. |
نمی‌خواستن که بچّهٔ کوچولوی شیرخوره با گربه با هم باشن تو یک
خونه. |
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As a result, this one [the cat] already then, [by] that time had
learned her name |
در نتیجه این دیگه اون موقع اسمشو یاد گرفته بود |
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and she answered [to that name] and I found it is not right
ah, to give a new name to her |
و جواب می‌داد، من دیگه دیدم صحیح نیستش که اِه ... حالا یک اسم جدید
براش بذارم. |
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