Word
هیچکس ظالمها را دوست ندارد.
Meaning
No one likes the cruel.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of هیچکس ظالمها را دوست ندارد.
دوست داشتنdust dâshtan
to like / to love
راrâ
definite direct object marker
هیچکسhichkas
nobody
ظالمzâlem
cruel
Questions & Answers about هیچکس ظالمها را دوست ندارد.
How does adding -hâ to the adjective zâlem change its function in this sentence?
In Farsi, you can turn an adjective into a noun by adding the plural suffix -hâ. While zâlem just means 'cruel', adding -hâ creates the noun zâlem-hâ, meaning 'the cruel ones' or 'cruel people'.
Why do we use the object marker râ after a general group like zâlem-hâ?
The word râ is used to mark a specific direct object. When we use an adjective acting as a noun to refer to a whole class of people like zâlem-hâ, Farsi treats it as a definite, known group. Therefore, it requires râ.
Why is the verb negative (nadârad) when the sentence already starts with hich-kas (nobody)?
Farsi requires double negatives! Whenever you use a negative pronoun like hich-kas (nobody) or hich-chiz (nothing), the verb of the sentence must also be negative. So literally, the Farsi structure is 'Nobody does not like the cruel'.
I know dust dâshtan means 'to like'. Why is the negative prefix na- only attached to dârad?
The verb dust dâshtan is a compound verb made of a noun (dust) and a verb (dâshtan). When making a compound verb negative, you only apply the negative prefix na- to the conjugated verb part at the end. So dust dârad becomes .