Word
اگر به گوجهفرنگی حساسیت داشته باشی، هرگز آن را نخور!
Meaning
If you are allergic to tomatoes, never eat them!
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of اگر به گوجهفرنگی حساسیت داشته باشی، هرگز آن را نخور!
آن
that
بهbe
to
داشتنdâshtan
to have
خوردنkhordan
to eat / to drink
Questions & Answers about اگر به گوجهفرنگی حساسیت داشته باشی، هرگز آن را نخور!
Why does the sentence use a negative verb (nakhor) when hargez already means never?
In Farsi, negative adverbs of time like hargez (never) must be paired with a negative verb. While in English this would be a double negative, in Farsi it is grammatically required. That is why the negative imperative nakhor (don't eat) is used here.
Why is the verb dashteh bashi used here instead of the simple present tense dari (you have)?
The sentence starts with agar (if), which creates a conditional statement. In Farsi, the verb describing the condition after an if is usually put into the subjunctive mood. dashteh bashi is the subjunctive form of you have.
The English translation says tomatoes and them (plural), but the Farsi uses aan (it). Why is it singular?
When talking about a general category or type of food, Farsi often just uses the singular noun, like gojeh-farangi (tomato) here. Since the noun is singular, the pronoun referring back to it must also be the singular aan (it), which is then followed by the direct object marker ra.
How does the phrase for being allergic to something work here?
The structure is be [something] hasasiyat dashtan, which translates to having an allergy to [something]. Just like in English, Farsi uses the preposition be (to) right before the thing you are allergic to, which in this case is gojeh-farangi.