Word
نگهبان سختگیر اجازه نمیدهد که زندانی زندان را ترک کند.
Meaning
The strict guard does not allow the prisoner to leave the prison.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of نگهبان سختگیر اجازه نمیدهد که زندانی زندان را ترک کند.
راrâ
definite direct object marker
ترک کردنtark kardan
to leave / to abandon
کهke
that (conjunction)
نگهبانnegahbân
Questions & Answers about نگهبان سختگیر اجازه نمیدهد که زندانی زندان را ترک کند.
Why is the verb at the end ترک کند instead of the regular present tense ترک میکند?
Because it follows the phrase اجازه نمیدهد که (does not allow that). In Farsi, when you express that someone allows, wants, or needs someone else to do something, the second verb must be in the present subjunctive form. For a compound verb like ترک کردن (to leave), the subjunctive uses the present stem of the helper verb کردن (which is کن) plus the personal ending (ـَد for "he/she").
How do the words زندان and زندانی relate to each other?
زندان means "prison". By adding the suffix ـی to the end of certain nouns, Farsi creates a new noun representing a person closely associated with that place, concept, or thing. Therefore, زندانی translates to "prisoner".
The word for strict is سختگیر. Does this have a literal translation?
Yes! It is a compound word made of سخت (hard or difficult) and گیر (the present stem of گرفتن, meaning to take or get). So someone who is سختگیر is literally a "hard-taker", meaning they are uncompromising and strict.
Why is the object marker را placed after زندان (prison) and not زندانی (prisoner)?
The word را marks the specific direct object of an action. In the second part of the sentence, the action is leaving (), and the specific thing being left is the prison (). The prisoner () is the subject doing the leaving, so they do not take the marker in this clause.