Questions & Answers about اتاق تاریک برق ندارد.
The current lesson is about bedun-e (without). Why doesn't this sentence use it?
This sentence expresses the idea of being "without" by saying the room "does not have electricity" (bargh nadārad). However, you could easily rewrite it using the lesson's grammar: otāgh-e tārik bedun-e bargh ast (The dark room is without electricity). Using the negative form of the verb "to have" is just a very common, natural alternative in Farsi.
How are the words for "room" (otāgh) and "dark" (tārik) connected when spoken?
They are linked by the Ezafe vowel, pronounced as an "e" sound, making it otāgh-e tārik. As a quick reminder, the Ezafe is required to link a noun to the adjective that describes it, even though it isn't written out in the standard Farsi alphabet.
Does bargh literally mean electricity, or can it mean lights?
It means both! In everyday Farsi, bargh is the standard word for electricity, but it is also the most common way to refer to the lights in a building. If a Farsi speaker says the bargh went out, they mean the power or the lights went out.
How is the negative verb nadārad formed here?
It is the negative version of dārad (it has). To make the verb "to have" negative, we add the prefix na-, making it nadārad (it does not have). Notice that it takes an "a" sound instead of the "e" sound (ne-) that is usually added to make most other present tense verbs negative.
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