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Questions & Answers about پرینتر جدید اسکن نمیکنه.
Why does the verb نمیکنه end in ـه instead of ـد?
This is the exact colloquial Tehrani shortcut you are learning in this lesson. The formal written verb is نمیکند (nemikonad). In spoken Farsi, the 3rd-person singular ending ـَد (-ad) drops the 'd' and becomes ـِه (-e), making it نمیکنه (nemikone).
Are "printer" and "scan" really the normal Farsi words used here?
Yes! Modern technology terms are very often borrowed directly from English. While there are sometimes formal Persian equivalents, everyday speakers just say پرینتر (printer). To make "scan" a verb, they pair it with the versatile verb کردن (to do) to form the compound verb اسکن کردن (to scan).
How do I know how to link پرینتر and جدید together when speaking?
You must use the spoken ezafe vowel (-e) to link the noun to its adjective, pronouncing it پرینترِ جدید (printer-e jadid). Even though the ezafe isn't written out in the standard Farsi alphabet, you always need it when a noun is followed by a describing word.
Why is the negative verb pronounced nemikone instead of namikone?
As a quick refresher: when the standard negative prefix نـ (na-) attaches to the continuous prefix می (mi-), the vowel sound shifts. It is always pronounced نمی (nemi-), never nami-. So, میکنه (does) becomes (nemikone, doesn't do).