Breakdown of من هرگز کامپیوتر را خاموش نمیکنم چون فایل باز است.
من
I
بودنbudan
to be
بازbâz
open
کامپیوترkâmpyuter
computer
هرگزhargez
never
راrâ
definite direct object marker
چونchon
because
خاموش کردنkhâmush kardan
to turn off
فایلfâyl
file (computer)
Questions & Answers about من هرگز کامپیوتر را خاموش نمیکنم چون فایل باز است.
Why is the verb negative (نمیکنم) if we already have the word هرگز (never)?
In Farsi, adverbs like هرگز (hargez) require the verb to be negative. So we pair it with نمیکنم (nemikonam), which means "I do not do". It translates literally to "I never do not turn off," which sounds like a double negative in English, but it is the required, standard way to say "never" in Farsi.
Where does the adverb هرگز (hargez) usually go in a sentence like this?
Adverbs of frequency like هرگز (hargez) usually come right after the subject (in this case, من for "I") and before the object and the verb.
How does the verb for "turn off" work in this sentence?
Farsi uses compound verbs, which are made of two words. "To turn off" is خاموش کردن (khāmush kardan), made of خاموش (khāmush), meaning "off" or "silent," and the helper verb کردن (kardan), meaning "to do" or "to make." Here, the helper verb is conjugated for "I" and made negative: نمیکنم (nemikonam).
I see را (rā) after کامپیوتر (kāmpyuter). Could we drop it here?
No, because را (rā) is required when the direct object of the sentence is specific. The speaker is talking about turning off the computer, a specific one. If they were talking about turning off "a computer" in general, we wouldn't use را.
Are the Farsi words for "computer" and "file" just the English words?
Yes! Farsi has adopted many English words for modern technology. They are written in the Farsi alphabet as کامپیوتر (kāmpyuter) and فایل (fāyl) and pronounced very much like they are in English.
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