Breakdown of این مورچهها بیش از حد کار میکنند.
این
this
کار کردنkâr kardan
to work
بیش از حدbish az had
excessively / too much
مورچهmowrche
ant
Questions & Answers about این مورچهها بیش از حد کار میکنند.
How does bish az had work in this sentence to mean 'too much'?
Bish az had literally translates to 'more than the limit.' In this sentence, it acts as an adverb modifying the compound verb kar mi-konand (they work), showing that the action is done excessively.
What do the individual words inside bish az had mean?
Bish means 'more', az means 'from' or 'than', and had means 'limit' or 'boundary'. Put together, saying someone works 'more than the limit' is the natural Farsi way to say they work 'too much'.
Why is in used instead of a plural word for 'these' before murche-ha (ants)?
In Farsi, pointing words like in (this/these) and an (that/those) never become plural when they come directly before a noun. The plural ending -ha on murche-ha already shows there are multiple ants, so in stays exactly as it is.
Why does the verb kar mi-konand have a plural ending?
Because the subject, murche-ha (ants), is a plural living thing (animate). In Farsi, plural animate subjects take a plural verb. If the subject were a group of plural non-living objects, the verb would actually be singular!