Word
مغازهی قدیمی دیگر رونق ندارد.
Meaning
The old shop is no longer prosperous.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of مغازهی قدیمی دیگر رونق ندارد.
مغازهmaghâze
shop
داشتنdâshtan
to have
قدیمیqadimi
old (things)
دیگرdigar
other, else
Questions & Answers about مغازهی قدیمی دیگر رونق ندارد.
How does دیگر mean "no longer" here? I previously learned it means "other".
When دیگر is paired with a negative verb, like ندارد in this sentence, it changes meaning to "not anymore" or "no longer". So, دیگر ... ندارد means "it no longer has..." or "it doesn't have... anymore".
Why is the verb ندارد (does not have) used here instead of a word for "is not"?
In English, "prosperous" is an adjective, so we use the verb "to be" (is not prosperous). In Farsi, رونق is a noun meaning "prosperity" or "boom". Therefore, Farsi expresses this idea as the shop "does not have" (ندارد) prosperity.
Why is there an extra ی attached to the end of مغازه (shop)?
This is the ezāfe rule in action, which links the noun مغازه to its describing adjective قدیمی (old). Because مغازه ends in a silent ه (which makes an "e" sound), you need a bridge to connect the words, so a ی is added to make the sound "maghāze-ye".
Can I use قدیمی to say the shop owner is old too?
No, قدیمی is used for things, places, or long-standing concepts (like an "old" shop or an "old" habit). If you want to talk about a person's physical age being old, you should use the word پیر.