Breakdown of با اینکه این عطر شیرین است، مادر من از آن خوشش نمیآید.
من
I
است
is
این
this
آن
that
مادرmâdar
mother
ازaz
from
شیرینshirin
sweet
با اینکهbâ inke
even though
عطرetr
perfume / fragrance
خوش آمدنkhosh âmadan
to like / to be pleasing (used with 'az' and pronominal enclitics)
Questions & Answers about با اینکه این عطر شیرین است، مادر من از آن خوشش نمیآید.
Why does the sentence use خوشش (khosh-ash) instead of just خوش (khosh)?
In Farsi, the verb for 'to like' is an impersonal structure that literally translates to 'it comes pleasing to someone'. The ending -ش (-ash) on خوشش is a pronoun enclitic meaning 'her' or 'his', which links back to the experiencer, مادر من (my mother). Therefore, خوشش میآید literally means 'it comes pleasing to her'.
How is the verb 'to like' made negative in this sentence?
To say someone does not like something in this structure, you only make the final verb part negative. The positive verb میآید (mi-âyad) becomes نمیآید (ne-mi-âyad) by adding the negative prefix نـ (ne-). The pronoun piece, خوشش (khosh-ash), stays exactly the same.
Why do we need از آن (az ân) here?
The structure for 'to like' always requires the preposition از (az), meaning 'from' or 'of', right before the thing being liked. Because the perfume was already mentioned in the first half of the sentence, آن (ân), meaning 'that' or 'it', is used to refer back to it. Together, از آن means 'of it' or 'of that'.
How does با اینکه (bâ in-ke) work at the beginning of the sentence?
با اینکه is a very useful conjunction for A2 learners that means 'although' or 'even though'. While it is literally built from با (with), این (this), and که (that), you can just memorize the whole phrase as the standard way to introduce a contrasting idea.
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