Learn Farsi: اگر دزد داده‌ها را ندزدیده بود، دسترسی را از دست نمی‌دادیم. - If the thief had not stolen the data, we would not have lost access.

اگر دزد داده‌ها را ندزدیده بود، دسترسی را از دست نمی‌دادیم.agar dozd-e dâde-hâ râ nadozdide bud, dastrasi râ az dast nemidâdim.

If the thief had not stolen the data, we would not have lost access.

Breakdown of اگر دزد داده‌ها را ندزدیده بود، دسترسی را از دست نمی‌دادیم.

راrâ

definite direct object marker

از دست دادنaz dast dâdan

to miss / to lose

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 is a "given" fact or piece of information, and the plural translates directly to "data".