Breakdown of بعضی از بچهها شیر دوست ندارند.
ازaz
from
بچهbacheh
child
دوست داشتنdust dâshtan
to like / to love
بعضیba'zi
some
شیرshir
milk
Questions & Answers about بعضی از بچهها شیر دوست ندارند.
Why do we use az in ba'zi az bache-ha?
Ba'zi means "some". When you want to say "some of the [plural noun]", you use az (which means "from" or "of"). So, ba'zi az bache-ha literally translates to "some from the children".
Can I use the Ezafe instead of az here to mean "some of the children"?
Yes! You can also say ba'zi-e bache-ha. Both ba'zi az + [plural noun] and ba'zi-e + [plural noun] mean the exact same thing and are widely used interchangeably.
Why doesn't shir (milk) have the direct object marker ra (or ro) after it?
We only use the object marker ra for specific direct objects (like "the milk" or "that milk"). In this sentence, the children don't like milk in general, so it remains an unspecific noun without ra.
Why is the verb nadarand plural if we are just talking about "some"?
In Farsi, when a quantifier like ba'zi (some) refers to a plural, countable noun like people or children (bache-ha), the verb must also be plural. Since we are talking about multiple children, we use the "they" form of the verb: nadarand.
How does the negation work with the compound verb doost dashtan (to like)?
Compound verbs in Farsi usually take the negative prefix na- on the second word, which is the part that actually conjugates. So while doost darand means "they like", adding the prefix to the verb part makes it doost nadarand ("they do not like").
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