Breakdown of هیچکس خودش را سرزنش نمیکند.
راrâ
definite direct object marker
هیچکسhichkas
nobody
خودkhod
self
سرزنش کردنsarzanesh kardan
to blame
Questions & Answers about هیچکس خودش را سرزنش نمیکند.
Why is it خودش (khod-ash) with a singular ending when the English translation says 'themselves'?
In Farsi, هیچکس (nobody) is treated as a singular subject. Because it is a third-person singular subject, the reflexive pronoun uses the third-person singular ending -ش (-ash) attached to خود (khod), meaning 'himself/herself'. The English translation uses 'themselves' as a gender-neutral singular, but Farsi naturally uses its singular form here.
Why do we need را (râ) after خودش?
The word را marks the specific direct object of the sentence. Since a reflexive pronoun like خودش (himself/herself) points to a very specific person (the subject), it always takes را when it acts as the direct object of a verb.
The English translation says 'blames', but the Farsi verb has the negative prefix نمی (nemi-). Why?
Farsi uses double negatives! Whenever you use a negative word like هیچکس (nobody / no one), the verb must also be negative. So literally, this sentence translates to 'Nobody doesn't blame themselves.'
How does the verb سرزنش نمیکند break down?
It is a compound verb made of the noun سرزنش (blame) and the verb کردن (to do). Here it is conjugated for a third-person singular subject: the negative present prefix نمی (nemi-) + the present stem کن (kon) + the ending ـَد (-ad).
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