Breakdown of حمله کردن از تسلیم شدن بهتر است.
است
is
ازaz
from
بهترbehtar
better
تسلیم شدنtaslim shodan
to surrender / to give up
حمله کردنhamle kardan
to attack
حملهhamle
attack (noun)
Questions & Answers about حمله کردن از تسلیم شدن بهتر است.
Why do we use the full infinitive forms حمله کردن and تسلیم شدن here instead of conjugated verbs?
In Farsi, when you want to talk about an action as a concept or a noun (like "attacking" or "surrendering" in English), you use the long infinitive form of the verb. These act as verbal nouns or gerunds. Here, حمله کردن is the subject of the sentence, and تسلیم شدن is the object of the comparison.
Do compound verbs always keep both words when used as a noun like this?
Yes! Both حمله کردن (to attack) and تسلیم شدن (to surrender) are compound verbs. When you use them as verbal nouns, you keep the non-verb part right next to the infinitive part. You treat the two words together as a single noun phrase.
Why is از used here? Doesn't it usually mean "from"?
You are right that از means "from", but it is also the standard word for "than" when making comparisons in Farsi. When you say از تسلیم شدن بهتر است, you are literally saying it is "better from surrendering," which is how Farsi expresses "better than surrendering."
What is the literal meaning of the non-verb parts حمله and تسلیم?
حمله means "attack" or "assault," and تسلیم means "submission" or "surrender." By adding the helper verbs کردن (to do) and شدن (to become), they turn into the actions of attacking (doing an attack) and surrendering (becoming submitted).
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