Word
کسی به موسیقی گوش نمیدهد.
Meaning
No one is listening to the music.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of کسی به موسیقی گوش نمیدهد.
بهbe
to
موسیقیmusiqi
music
گوش دادنgush dâdan
to listen
کسیkasi
someone, anyone
Questions & Answers about کسی به موسیقی گوش نمیدهد.
Why does the translation say "No one" if کسی usually means "someone" or "anyone"?
In English, we have negative subjects like "no one" or "nobody". Farsi doesn't do this! Instead, you use a word like کسی (anyone) and make the verb negative. So کسی ... نمیدهد literally translates to "anyone doesn't listen", which means "no one is listening".
How is the negative verb نمیدهد formed in this sentence?
It follows the standard negative present tense pattern taught in this lesson. You start with the negative prefix نـ (ne-), add the present marker می (mi-), attach the present stem ده (deh, from the verb "to give"), and finally add the third-person singular ending ـد (-ad). Put it all together and you get نمیدهد.
Wait, why are we using a verb that means "gives" to talk about listening?
Farsi frequently uses compound verbs (a noun plus a simple verb) to create new meanings. "To listen" is گوش دادن (gush dadan), which literally translates to "to give ear". When using a compound verb, only the verb part changes to show who is acting and when, while the noun part (گوش) stays the same.
Why do we need the word به before the music?
به means "to". Just like in English where we "listen to music" rather than just "listen music", Farsi requires this preposition. You literally "give ear to music" (به موسیقی).