Learn Farsi: من هیچ‌جا نمی‌روم چون بیرون تاریک است. - I am going nowhere because it is dark outside.

In Farsi, when you use a negative pronoun like هیچ‌جا (nowhere / not anywhere), the verb must also be negative. This creates a double negative, which is grammatically required in Farsi. You are literally saying 'I am not going nowhere.'

Why is هیچ‌جا written with a small gap in the middle instead of as two separate words?

هیچ‌جا is a compound word made of هیچ (no/any) and جا (place). It is written with a half-space (zero-width non-joiner) to keep the two parts visually distinct while showing they act together as a single word meaning 'nowhere.'

Should there be a preposition like به (to) before هیچ‌جا since the verb is about going somewhere?

You can use به (to), but it is very common to drop it in Farsi, especially with the word جا (place) and verbs of motion. Saying هیچ‌جا نمی‌روم without the preposition sounds perfectly natural and is what you will hear in everyday speech.

Does نمی‌روم mean 'I am not going' or 'I do not go'?

It can mean both! The Farsi present tense, marked here by the negative prefix نمی‌, covers both the simple present (I do not go) and the present continuous (I am not going). The context of it being dark outside makes 'I am not going' the most natural translation here.