Breakdown of شرایط شرکت بد بود، بنابراین کسی را استخدام نکردند.
بودنbudan
to be
شرکتsherkat
company
راrâ
definite direct object marker
بدbad
bad
کسیkasi
someone, anyone
بنابراینbanâbar-in
therefore
استخدام کردنestekhdâm kardan
to hire
شرایطsharâyet
conditions
Questions & Answers about شرایط شرکت بد بود، بنابراین کسی را استخدام نکردند.
How does banâbarin connect the two parts of this sentence?
banâbarin translates to "therefore" or "consequently". As you are learning in this lesson, it sits at the start of the second clause to introduce the result of the first clause. Just like "therefore" in English, it simply joins the two thoughts and doesn't change the normal word order of the sentence that follows it.
The word šarâyet means "conditions" (plural), so why is the verb bud (was) in the singular?
In Farsi, when the subject is an inanimate object (non-living things or abstract concepts like "conditions"), the verb usually takes the singular form, even if the subject is plural. So, šarâyet ... bud literally translates to "conditions ... was", but we correctly understand it in English as "conditions were".
Why is the direct object marker râ used after kasi here?
In this negative sentence, kasi (someone/anyone) is receiving the action of the verb estexdâm nakardand (they didn't hire). It is acting as a specific direct object in this context (they didn't hire a single person), so it takes the direct object marker râ.
Where is the pronoun "they" in the second half of the sentence?
There is no separate word for "they" (like ânhâ) in this clause. Farsi frequently drops subject pronouns because the subject is already built right into the verb. The ending -and on the negative compound verb estexdâm nakardand clearly tells us that "they" are the ones doing the action.
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