Breakdown of ما سوخت این ماشینها را مصرف نخواهیم کرد.
ما
we
این
this
ماشینmâshin
car
راrâ
definite direct object marker
Questions & Answers about ما سوخت این ماشینها را مصرف نخواهیم کرد.
How does the negative future tense work with the compound verb 'masraf kardan' in this sentence?
For compound verbs, the negative future is formed by keeping the non-verb part (masraf) first, followed by the negative conjugated form of 'khâstan' (nakhâhim for 'we will not'), and finally the short infinitive of the verb part (kard). Together, this makes masraf nakhâhim kard.
Since 'fuel' is the thing being consumed, why does the object marker râ come after mâshin-hâ (cars)?
The word râ marks the definite direct object, and it must go at the very end of the entire noun phrase. The complete object here is 'the fuel of these cars' (sukht-e in mâshin-hâ), so râ attaches to the last word of that whole connected group.
How do we connect sukht (fuel) to in mâshin-hâ (these cars) to mean 'the fuel of these cars'?
We use an ezâfe, which is a short 'e' sound that links nouns to their modifiers or possessors. While it is usually not written in the Persian script, it is spoken here as sukht-e in mâshin-hâ.
Isn't sukht also the past tense of a verb?
Yes, sukht is the past stem of sukhtan (to burn), which means 'burned'. It is very common in Farsi for a verb's past stem to also be used as a regular noun. In this sentence, it simply functions as the noun 'fuel'.