Breakdown of من بیشتر از تو انرژی مصرف نخواهم کرد.
من
I
تو
you (singular)
ازaz
from
انرژیenerzhi
energy
مصرف کردنmasraf kardan
to consume
بیشتر ازbishtar az
more than
Questions & Answers about من بیشتر از تو انرژی مصرف نخواهم کرد.
How is the negative future tense formed for the compound verb masraf kardan (to consume) here?
To make a compound verb negative in the future tense, the negative prefix na- attaches to the auxiliary verb khâstan (to want/will). The noun part masraf comes first, then the negative auxiliary nakhâham (I will not), and finally the short infinitive of the verb, kard.
Why does the sentence end with kard instead of the full infinitive kardan?
The future tense always uses the short infinitive of the main verb. You form the short infinitive by dropping the final -an from the full infinitive. Therefore, kardan (to do) becomes kard.
Why do we use the word az to say "than" in bishtar az to?
The preposition az usually means "from", but it is also used to mean "than" when comparing things. So bishtar az to literally translates to "more from you", which is the standard way to express "more than you" in Farsi.
Why is enerzhi separated from bishtar? In English we say "more energy".
In this sentence, bishtar az to (more than you) acts as an adverb describing the amount of consumption, so it sits before the object enerzhi. It is like saying "I, more than you, energy will not consume." You could also link them directly as enerzhi-ye bishtari az to (more energy than you), but the word order shown here is very common and natural.
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