Word
من همان اثر را نخواهم خرید، مگر اینکه ارزان باشد.
Meaning
I will not buy that very work, unless it is cheap.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of من همان اثر را نخواهم خرید، مگر اینکه ارزان باشد.
من
I
بودنbudan
to be
خریدنkharidan
to buy
راrâ
definite direct object marker
Questions & Answers about من همان اثر را نخواهم خرید، مگر اینکه ارزان باشد.
What is the difference between using همان (hamân) here instead of just آن (ân)?
While آن simply means "that", همان is the emphatic form, meaning "that very" or "that exact". It strongly highlights that you mean that specific work and no other. Notice that just like regular demonstrative adjectives, همان comes directly before the noun it modifies (همان اثر).
Why do we need the object marker را (râ) after اثر (asar)?
The marker را shows that the direct object of the verb is definite (specific). By using the emphatic demonstrative همان (that very), you are pointing to a highly specific thing ("that exact work"), so را is absolutely required here.
How is the negative future tense formed in نخواهم خرید (nakhâham kharid)?
To make the future tense negative, the prefix نـ (na-) is attached to the conjugated auxiliary verb خواستن (khâstan), giving us نخواهم. The main verb that follows stays in its short infinitive form (which looks exactly like the past stem, خرید) and does not take a negative prefix.
Does the word اثر (asar) have multiple meanings?
Yes! While it frequently means "effect", "impact", or "trace" in Farsi, in the context of buying, selling, or creating, it translates to a "work" of art, literature, or music.