Breakdown of مرد فقیر ثروت پادشاه را نداشت.
مردmard
man
داشتنdâshtan
to have
راrâ
definite direct object marker
فقیرfaqir
poor
پادشاهpâdeshâh
king
ثروتservat
wealth
Questions & Answers about مرد فقیر ثروت پادشاه را نداشت.
Since the lesson is about the Past Continuous, why doesn't the verb have the mi- prefix?
The verb dâshtan (to have) is a special exception in Farsi. It never takes the mi- prefix for continuous or habitual actions. Instead, the simple past form dâsht (or nadâsht in the negative) is used for both the simple past (had) and the past continuous (used to have / was having).
How does the word râ work with the phrase for the king's wealth?
The word râ is the specific direct object marker. Because the poor man didn't have a very specific thing (the wealth of the king), we need râ. It always attaches to the very end of the entire noun phrase, which is why it comes right after pâdeshâh instead of servat.
There are no visible connecting words between man and poor, or wealth and king. How are these linked?
This is the Ezâfe connector, which is a short e sound that links nouns to adjectives or possessors. It is rarely written in the Farsi script. Here, we have two of them: mard-e faqir (the poor man) and servat-e pâdeshâh (the king's wealth).
How is the negative prefix pronounced on nadâsht?
It is pronounced nadâsht. The negative prefix for past tense verbs is na-. With regular verbs in the past continuous, you would usually see nemi- because the negative attaches to the mi- prefix. Since dâshtan drops the mi-, the na- attaches directly to the past stem.
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