Breakdown of من هرگز فایل دانلود نمیکنم چون این سایت خوب نیست.
من
I
این
this
بودنbudan
to be
هرگزhargez
never
Questions & Answers about من هرگز فایل دانلود نمیکنم چون این سایت خوب نیست.
Why is the verb negative (نمیکنم) when we already used the word هرگز (never)?
In English, saying 'I never don't do something' is a double negative, but Farsi requires a double negative with هرگز (hargez). When you use هرگز, the verb in the sentence must also be negative. So we say هرگز ... نمیکنم (never ... I don't do).
How does the negative prefix work with the verb دانلود کردن (to download)?
دانلود کردن (dānlod kardan) is a compound verb made of the English word 'download' and the Farsi verb کردن (to do). To make a compound verb negative, you only change the 'doing' part. So, the negative prefix نـ (na/ne) attaches to میکنم to become نمیکنم (nemi-konam), while دانلود stays exactly the same.
The translation says 'files', but فایل isn't plural here. Why?
In Farsi, when you are talking about a general category or habit rather than specific objects, you often use the singular form of the noun. Since you are saying you never download any file in general, فایل (fāyl) stays singular, even though it translates best as 'files' in English.
Are فایل and سایت English loanwords?
Yes! Farsi has adopted many modern technology terms directly from English. فایل (fāyl) means file and سایت (sāyt) means website. They are pronounced very similarly to their English counterparts.