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How do you say "how old do I look" in Persian? So I know to say something like, "it looks like a hard problem", you could say: مسئله خیلی سخت به نظر می‌ آید Now if I want to say "how old to I look", I would say something like: چند سال به نظر می رسم؟ However, I have read it as: چند ساله به نظر می رسم؟ What is the 'e' doing on the end of 'sal'? Is it the short form of the verb 'hast'? Or maybe some use of the ezafe? Could the first example also be written with the 'e' as in: مسئله خیلی سخته به نظر می آید? Could someone please explain to me this grammar?

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u asked What is the 'e' doing on the end of 'sal'? some times the verb appear in noun that is before it... for example below sentences are same چند ساله به نظر می رسم؟ به نظر چند سالم هست؟ چند سال دارم؟ or چند ساله به اینجا مهاجرت کردید؟ it is same to چند سال هست به اینجا مهاجرات کردید؟ first is more common also مسئله خیلی سخته به نظر می آید isn't true... you should say به نظر مسئله خیلی سخت می آید or به نظرم این مسئله خیلی سخته
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مسئله خیلی سخت به نظر می آید or مسئله ی سختی به نظر می آید.
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The phrase چند ساله can be translated literally as "how-many-year-old". It functions as an adjective. See the example: او پسری بیست و پنج ساله است. He's a 20 year old boy.
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One tip! چند بهم میخوره؟ In conversational, people might use also this one as " How old do I look?"
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Actually, we don't normally say چند سال به نظر می رسم؟ and I think it's not correct. The correct form would be : چند ساله به نظر می رسم؟ 'saale' is some sort of an adj.

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