Breakdown of گردشگران دیگر به این هتل ویران نمیروند.
این
this
هتلhotel
hotel
بهbe
to
رفتنraftan
to go
دیگرdigar
other, else
ویرانvirân
ruined
گردشگرgardeshgar
tourist
Questions & Answers about گردشگران دیگر به این هتل ویران نمیروند.
How does digar mean "no longer" in this sentence?
When digar is used in a sentence with a negative verb like nemi-ravand (they don't go), the combination translates to "no longer" or "not anymore". Together, they mean "they no longer go".
Could I put digar at the very end of the sentence like we do with "anymore" in English?
No, because the verb almost always comes at the very end of a sentence in Farsi. You can move digar around a bit before the verb—such as right before be in hotel—but it cannot go after the verb. Placing it early, right after the subject, is a very natural choice.
Why does gardeshgaran end in -an instead of the usual plural ending -ha?
The suffix -an is a plural ending specifically for people and living beings. You will often see it in written Farsi or slightly formal speech. You could also use the regular ending and say gardeshgar-ha, but gardeshgaran is very common for the word "tourists".
Is there an Ezafe linking hotel and viran?
Yes! To say "ruined hotel", Farsi uses the Ezafe vowel to link the noun to its adjective. You pronounce it as hotel-e viran. The Ezafe shows that viran (ruined) is describing the hotel, even though this short "e" sound isn't written in the Persian script.
Why is the verb built on -rav- when the infinitive for "to go" is raftan?
Because raftan is an irregular verb. Its past stem is raft, but its present stem is rav. To make a present tense verb, we add the prefix mi- and the plural "they" ending -and, giving us mi-ravand (they go). Adding the ne- prefix at the start makes it negative.
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