Breakdown of بعضی از مردم الکی دروغ میگن.
ازaz
from
گفتنgoftan
to say / to tell
دروغdorugh
lie
مردمmardom
people
Questions & Answers about بعضی از مردم الکی دروغ میگن.
Why is there an az between ba'zi and mardom?
In Farsi, ba'zi acts like a noun meaning 'a portion' or 'some.' To connect it to a specific group, you have to use az (of/from). So ba'zi az mardom literally means 'some of the people.' You cannot say ba'zi mardom without the az.
How exactly does alaki translate to 'for no reason'?
Alaki is a very common colloquial word in everyday Tehrani Farsi. It originally means 'fake' or 'unreal,' but when used as an adverb like it is here, it means doing something 'aimlessly,' 'without justification,' or 'just because.'
The written form of 'they tell a lie' is dorugh mi-guyand. How does it become dorugh migan?
In spoken Tehrani Farsi, the stem of the verb goftan (to say) shrinks. The formal present stem -guy- loses the 'uy' sound, and the formal plural ending -and softens to just -an. So mi-guy-and naturally squeezes down into the much shorter mi-gan.
I've seen mardom (people) before, but shouldn't it have a plural marker like -ha?
Mardom is a collective noun that inherently means 'people' or 'the public' in a general sense, so it doesn't need a plural marker like -ha. Even without a marker, it takes a plural verb, which is why we use migan (they say) instead of a singular verb.