Breakdown of اگر آنها دادهها را بازیابی نکرده بودند، سرور خراب میشد.
آنها
they
راrâ
definite direct object marker
شدنshodan
to become
اگرagar
if
خرابkharâb
broken
سرورserver
server
دادهdâde
data
بازیابی کردنbâzyâbi kardan
to recover / to restore (e.g., data, systems)
Questions & Answers about اگر آنها دادهها را بازیابی نکرده بودند، سرور خراب میشد.
Where exactly does the negative prefix 'na-' go in the past perfect verb 'bāzyābi nakardeh budand'?
In the past perfect tense, the negative prefix na- always attaches to the past participle, never to the auxiliary verb budan. So it becomes nakardeh budand, not kardeh nabudand. Because the verb here is the compound bāzyābi kardan (to recover), the na- goes directly onto the verbal part, giving us bāzyābi nakardeh budand.
Why is the past continuous verb 'mishod' used to mean 'would have been ruined'?
In Farsi, third conditional sentences (talking about unreal situations in the past) use the past perfect in the 'if' clause, but they use the past continuous (also called past imperfect) in the result clause. So kharāb mishod, which normally means 'was breaking' or 'used to break', is actually the standard grammatical way to express 'would have broken' or 'would have been ruined' following an agar clause.
Is 'dādeh-hā' treated as plural in Farsi even though 'data' is usually treated as an uncountable mass noun in everyday English?
Yes, exactly. The root word is dādeh (a piece of data). In Farsi, 'data' in a computing or scientific context is treated as a plural countable noun, so it takes the plural suffix -hā to become dādeh-hā. We also add rā right after it because 'the data' is the specific, known direct object that was not recovered.
Could I drop the pronoun 'ān-hā' (they) from the beginning of the sentence?
Yes, you can easily drop it. The auxiliary verb budand already contains the 'they' ending (-and), so the subject is clear. Including ān-hā just adds a little emphasis, but agar dādeh-hā rā bāzyābi nakardeh budand is a perfectly natural and complete clause on its own.
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