Breakdown of من دیروز هیچچیز نخریدم.
من
I
خریدنkharidan
to buy
دیروزdirooz
yesterday
هیچچیزhich chiz
nothing
Questions & Answers about من دیروز هیچچیز نخریدم.
How is the verb نخریدم formed here?
It uses the negative prefix na-, plus the past stem kharid (from the infinitive kharidan, meaning to buy), and the personal ending -am for "I". So, na-kharid-am means "I did not buy".
Why do we use the negative verb نخریدم when هیچچیز already means "nothing"?
Farsi uses a double negative rule. Whenever you use a word like هیچچیز (nothing/anything), the main verb of the sentence must also be negative. Translating it literally to English sounds like "I didn't buy nothing", but in Farsi, this is the completely correct and required way to say it.
What exactly does هیچچیز literally translate to?
It is made of two basic words: hich (no/any) and chiz (thing). Together they literally mean "no thing".
Where does the voice stress go when pronouncing the negative verb نخریدم?
When you make a Farsi verb negative, the emphasis (stress) always jumps to the negative prefix. So you pronounce it NA-kharidam, putting the strongest stress on the very first syllable.