Word
او پروازش را از دست نداده بود.
Meaning
He had not missed his flight.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of او پروازش را از دست نداده بود.
او
he/she
راrâ
definite direct object marker
پروازparvâz
flight
از دست دادنaz dast dâdan
to miss / to lose
Questions & Answers about او پروازش را از دست نداده بود.
How is the negative past perfect formed for the verb here?
The verb is از دست دادن (to lose or miss). To say he had not missed it, we use the negative past participle نداده (the prefix نـ added to داده) followed by بود (the simple past of the verb to be for he/she).
Why does the sentence use the words از دست (from hand)?
The Farsi compound verb for losing or missing something like a flight or an opportunity is از دست دادن, which literally means to give from hand.
Why does the negative prefix نـ attach to داده and not the start of the phrase?
In Farsi compound verbs, prefixes like the negative نـ or the continuous می always attach to the actual verb part. Here, the verb part is دادن, so the negative goes directly on داده.
Why is را used after پروازش?
The word را points out a specific direct object. Because the flight (پرواز) has the possessive ending ـش (his), it becomes a specific, known flight, which means it must be followed by را.