Breakdown of ما بیش از حد دلتنگ جایی بودیم که هرگز از همدیگر جدا نشدیم.
ما
we
بودنbudan
to be
ازaz
from
هرگزhargez
never
کهke
that (conjunction)
جاییjâyi
somewhere
همدیگرhamdigar
each other
بیش از حدbish az had
excessively / too much
جدا شدنjodâ shodan
to be separated / to part
دلتنگdeltang
homesick / nostalgic
Questions & Answers about ما بیش از حد دلتنگ جایی بودیم که هرگز از همدیگر جدا نشدیم.
How does جایی که (jâyi ke) work to mean "the place where"?
In Farsi, relative clauses of place use the word جا (jâ) (place) plus the suffix ـی (i) followed by که (ke) (that). The ـی (i) acts as a pointing suffix here, signaling that a description is about to follow. So جایی که (jâyi ke) literally means "a place that", but naturally translates to "the place where" in English.
What is the literal translation of بیش از حد (bish az had)?
It literally translates to "more than the limit" (بیش (bish) = more, از (az) = from/than, حد (had) = limit/boundary). It is a very common phrase used to mean "too much" or "excessively".
How do you express "missing" something in Farsi, as seen in this sentence?
Farsi uses the adjective دلتنگ (deltang) (literally "tight-hearted") alongside a "to be" verb like بودیم (budim) (we were). The thing you miss is connected to دلتنگ (deltang) with an ezafe (a hidden 'e' sound). Therefore, دلتنگ جایی بودیم (deltang-e jâyi budim) means "we were missing a place".
Why is جدا نشدیم (jodâ nashodim) in the simple past tense?
جدا شدن (jodâ shodan) means "to separate" or "to part". Even though the English translation "we never parted" describes a span of time, Farsi often uses the simple past with the word هرگز (hargez) (never) to state an absolute, completed negative fact about the past.
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