Breakdown of ما از او بازجویی نمیکردیم، چون اثر انگشت او آنجا نبود.
او
he/she
ما
we
بودنbudan
to be
آنجاânjâ
there
ازaz
from
چونchon
because
بازجویی کردنbâzjooyi kardan
to interrogate
اثر انگشتasar-e angosht
fingerprint
Questions & Answers about ما از او بازجویی نمیکردیم، چون اثر انگشت او آنجا نبود.
Why do we use az before u here?
In English, you interrogate someone directly, but the Farsi compound verb bâzju'i kardan (to interrogate) requires the preposition az. Literally, you do an interrogation from someone.
What tense is nemi-kardim, and how is it formed?
It is the Past Continuous, which shows an ongoing action in the past. To make it negative, the prefix na- changes to ne- before the continuous prefix mi-, attaching to the past stem kard and the ending for we, -im.
How exactly does asar-e angosht mean fingerprint?
Asar means trace, mark, or effect, and angosht means finger. Joined by the Ezâfe vowel, asar-e angosht literally translates to trace of the finger. To say his fingerprint, you simply add another Ezâfe and the pronoun, making it asar-e angosht-e u.
Why does the word bâzju'i (interrogation) end with two ye (ی) letters?
The base word is bâzju (interrogator). To turn this into the abstract noun for the action of interrogation, Farsi adds the suffix -i. Because bâzju ends in a vowel, a linking consonant for the y sound (the first ی) is added before the suffix (the second ی), resulting in bâzju'i.
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