Breakdown of آنها هنوز از مرحلهی عمیق خواب بیدار نشدهاند.
آنها
they
ازaz
from
بیدار شدنbidâr shodan
to wake up
عمیقamigh
deep
Questions & Answers about آنها هنوز از مرحلهی عمیق خواب بیدار نشدهاند.
Why does هنوز mean "yet" instead of "still" in this sentence?
هنوز translates to "still" when used with an affirmative (positive) verb, but it translates to "yet" or "not yet" when paired with a negative verb. Since the verb بیدار نشدهاند (have not woken up) is negative, هنوز means "yet" here.
What tense is the verb بیدار نشدهاند, and how is it built?
It is the present perfect tense ("have not woken up"). It comes from the compound verb بیدار شدن (to wake up / literally "to become awake"). To make it negative present perfect, you combine بیدار + the negative past participle نشده + the personal ending for "they" (اند).
Why is there a ی at the end of مرحله?
The word مرحله (stage) ends in a silent "h". To link it to the adjective عمیق (deep) using the ezāfe (the connector sound "e"), you must add the letter ی to bridge the vowels, creating مرحلهی عمیق (the deep stage). There is also a second, unwritten ezāfe between عمیق and خواب to make "the deep stage of sleep".
Is it required to use از with the verb for waking up?
Yes! Just like in English, when you specify what someone is waking up from (like a dream, a nap, or a stage of sleep), you use the preposition از (from) with the compound verb .