Breakdown of او نیم ساعت دیگر حقوق میگیرد.
او
he/she
ساعتsâ'at
o'clock (the hour)
نیمnim
half
گرفتنgereftan
to take / to get
دیگرdigar
other, else
حقوقhoquq
salary
Questions & Answers about او نیم ساعت دیگر حقوق میگیرد.
Why do we use نیم (nim) here for 'half' instead of نصف (nesf)?
In Farsi, نیم is generally used with units of measurement, like time (نیم ساعت - half an hour), weight, or distance. نصف is used when talking about halving physical objects or general amounts, like نصف سیب (half an apple) or نصف پول (half of the money).
The word دیگر normally means 'other'. How does it mean 'in' here?
When you place دیگر after a period of time, it means 'from now' or 'in [amount of time]'. So, نیم ساعت دیگر literally means 'another half hour' but translates naturally to 'in half an hour'.
Why is the present tense میگیرد used if the English translation says he 'will get' his salary?
In conversational Farsi, the present tense is very commonly used to talk about the near or planned future. Since نیم ساعت دیگر clearly sets the action in the future, using the present tense میگیرد sounds perfectly natural and is actually preferred over the formal future tense.
Does حقوق only mean 'salary'? I thought it meant 'rights'.
It means both! حقوق is technically the Arabic plural of حق (right). It is often used to mean 'rights' (like human rights), but it has also become the standard everyday word for 'salary' or 'wage' in Farsi.
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