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Questions & Answers about کسی اینجا نیست.
The current lesson says to make present verbs negative using نمی (nemi). Why doesn't نیست (nist) follow this rule?
The verb 'to be' is an important exception! While regular verbs take the نمی (nemi-) prefix to become negative in the present tense, the word for 'is' simply changes from است (ast) to نیست (nist).
Where is the word for 'no one' in the Farsi sentence?
Farsi doesn't use a separate negative pronoun like 'no one' here. Instead, it pairs a positive word, کسی (anyone/someone), with a negative verb, نیست (is not). Literally, the sentence translates to 'Anyone here is not.'
What does the ی at the end of کسی mean?
The base word is کس (kas), which means 'person'. Adding the ی (i) at the end makes it indefinite, meaning 'a person', 'someone', or in this negative sentence, 'anyone'.