Breakdown of اگر دزد دادهها را ندزدیده بود، دسترسی را از دست نمیدادیم.
راrâ
definite direct object marker
دزدیدنdozdidan
to steal
دزدdozd
thief
از دست دادنaz dast dâdan
to miss / to lose
اگرagar
if
دادهdâde
data
دسترسیdastrasi
access
Questions & Answers about اگر دزد دادهها را ندزدیده بود، دسترسی را از دست نمیدادیم.
How do we build the negative past perfect verb ندزدیده بود in this sentence?
It is built by taking the past participle of the verb "to steal", which is دزدیده (dozdideh), and attaching the negative prefix نـ (na-) to the front. Finally, we add the past tense of "to be" for the third person singular, which is بود (bud). Together, ندزدیده بود means "had not stolen".
Why does the second part of the sentence use نمیدادیم (past continuous) to mean "would not have lost"?
In Farsi third conditionals (talking about impossible situations in the past), the main "result" clause typically uses the past continuous tense to express "would have" or "would not have". Even though از دست نمیدادیم literally translates to "we were not losing", in this conditional structure it means "we would not have lost".
Why does the object marker را appear right in the middle of the phrase "lost access"?
"To lose" is a compound verb in Farsi: از دست دادن (literally "to give from hand"). The thing being lost is دسترسی (access). The rule in Farsi is to put the specific direct object and its marker را right before the entire compound verb, resulting in دسترسی را از دست نمیدادیم.
Where does the word دادهها (data) come from?
It is built from the verb دادن (to give). Its past participle is داده (given). Farsi frequently uses past participles as nouns, so a داده is a "given" fact or piece of information, and the plural دادهها translates directly to "data".
Why does the object marker را appear twice in this sentence?
Because the sentence has two separate clauses, and each contains its own specific direct object! In the "if" clause, the thief didn't steal the specific data (دادهها را). In the result clause, we wouldn't have lost the specific access (دسترسی را). Both specific objects require their own marker.
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