Question 1

Where is the word for "it" in the second half of the sentence?

Accepted Answer

Instead of using a separate pronoun and object marker like آن را (ân râ) for "it", this sentence uses the pronominal enclitic -ش (-ash). This attached ending acts as the direct object, turning حذف کردم (I deleted) into حذفش کردم (I deleted it). This is the most natural way to speak in Farsi!

Question 2

Why is the "it" ending attached to حذف rather than the verb کردم?

Accepted Answer

حذف کردن (to delete) is a compound verb, made of a noun (حذف) and a helper verb (کردن). When attaching a direct object enclitic to a compound verb, it almost always attaches to the non-verbal part (the noun or adjective). Therefore, we attach it to حذف to make حذفش کردم, rather than attaching it to the helper verb.

Question 3

Why is the verb for "I did not like" written as نیامد (it did not come) instead of using an "I" ending?

Accepted Answer

To express liking or disliking, Farsi uses a special structure that literally translates to "my good came" or "my good didn't come". The verb is in the third-person "it" form (نیامد) because the grammatical subject is the feeling itself. The person who feels it is shown by the ending attached to خوش (good), which in this sentence is -م for "my" (خوشم).

Question 4

Why is there an از (from) in front of عکس (photo)?

Accepted Answer

This is a required part of the "liking" structure we just looked at. Because you are literally saying "my good did not come FROM the photo", you must always use از (az) to introduce the thing you like or dislike when using the خوش آمدن construction.

از عکس خوشم نیامد، بنابراین حذفش کردم.

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