Breakdown of آیا دانشجو کارت بانک ندارد؟
دانشجوdâneshju
university student
آیاâyâ
whether (question particle)
بانکbânk
bank
داشتنdâshtan
to have
کارتkârt
card
Questions & Answers about آیا دانشجو کارت بانک ندارد؟
Why doesn't the verb ندارد (nadârad) have the usual می (mi-) prefix for the present tense?
The verb 'to have' (داشتن / dâshtan) is a major exception in Farsi. It does not take the می (mi-) prefix in the present tense. To make it negative, you simply attach the negative prefix نـ (na-) directly to the present stem دار (dâr), giving us ندارد (nadârad).
How do we know to say kârt-e bânk when there is no 'e' written between the words?
That hidden 'e' sound is called the Ezafe. It connects a noun to the word describing it. In Farsi, the Ezafe is usually just spoken and not written down, which is why you don't see an extra letter between کارت (kârt) and بانک (bânk).
Is the word آیا (âyâ) required to ask a yes/no question?
No, آیا (âyâ) is mostly used in formal or written Farsi. In everyday conversation, you can drop it completely and just say دانشجو کارت بانک ندارد؟ while raising your voice pitch at the end to show it is a question.
Why does the negative verb ندارد (nadârad) end with ـد (-ad)?
The suffix ـد (-ad) is the personal ending for 'he', 'she', or 'it'. Since the subject of our sentence is دانشجو (the student), which is a 'he' or 'she', the verb must use this matching third-person ending.
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