Breakdown of سکوت عجیبی در سالن بود و هیچکس صحبت نکرد.
و
and
بودنbudan
to be
درdar
in
صحبت کردنsohbat kardan
to speak / to talk
هیچکسhichkas
nobody
عجیبajib
strange
سالنsâlon
hall
سکوتsokut
silence
Questions & Answers about سکوت عجیبی در سالن بود و هیچکس صحبت نکرد.
Why is the verb نکرد (nakard) negative if هیچکس (hich-kas) already means "nobody"?
In Farsi, when you use a negative indefinite pronoun like هیچکس (nobody, literally "no person"), the verb must also be negative. Farsi uses a "double negative" system. So you are literally saying "Nobody didn't talk," which is the grammatically correct way to say "Nobody talked."
Why is there an ی (i) at the end of عجیبی ('ajib-i) instead of at the end of the noun سکوت (sokut)?
The ی (i) here is the indefinite marker meaning "a" or "an" (giving us "a strange silence"). When a noun has an adjective, Farsi connects them with an ezâfe (the hidden 'e' sound: sokut-e) and attaches the indefinite ی to the very end of the phrase. So the correct structure is noun + ezâfe + adjective + ی (sokut-e 'ajib-i).
Does the word سالن (sâlon) mean "salon" like a beauty salon?
It is a loanword from French, but in Farsi, its meaning is much broader. While it can mean salon, سالن usually translates to a "hall", "lounge", "venue", or "auditorium" like the large room mentioned in this sentence.
What is the full infinitive verb for "talked" used here?
It is the compound verb صحبت کردن (sohbat kardan), which means "to speak" or "to converse". To make it negative in the simple past tense for a third-person singular subject (matching "nobody"), we add the negative نـ prefix to the "doing" part of the verb, turning کرد (kard) into نکرد (nakard).
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