Breakdown of اگر باگها را پیدا نکرده بودیم، هم فایلها و هم بکآپها از بین میرفتند.
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and
پیدا کردنpeydâ kardan
to find / to get / to develop (a condition)
راrâ
definite direct object marker
فایلfâyl
file (computer)
همham
also, too / both ... and / together / each other
اگرagar
if
از بین رفتنaz beyn raftan
to be destroyed
باگbâg
bug
بکآپbakâp
backup
Questions & Answers about اگر باگها را پیدا نکرده بودیم، هم فایلها و هم بکآپها از بین میرفتند.
How do we form the negative past perfect in پیدا نکرده بودیم ("had not found")?
To make the negative past perfect of a compound verb like پیدا کردن (to find), you add the negative prefix نـ (na-) to the past participle کرده (kardeh). Then you add the auxiliary verb بودن (budan) in the simple past tense matching the subject, which is بودیم (budim) for "we". Together, پیدا نکرده بودیم means "we had not found".
Why is میرفتند (miraftand) used here? Doesn't that usually mean "they were going"?
Yes, میرفتند is in the past continuous tense. However, in Persian, the result clause of a third conditional (an impossible past situation) uses the past continuous to express "would have". So in this sentence, it translates to "would have gone" (or in the full context of the compound verb, "would have been lost").
What does the structure هم ... و هم ... mean in this sentence?
It means "both ... and ...". When you want to group two things together emphatically, you put هم (ham) before the first item and و هم (va ham) before the second item. Here, هم فایلها و هم بکآپها perfectly translates to "both the files and the backups".
What is the literal translation of the verb از بین رفتن (az beyn raftan)?
Literally, it translates to "to go from in-between" (از means from, بین means between, and رفتن means to go). However, it is a very common idiom meaning "to be destroyed", "to perish", or "to be lost" (like data or computer files).
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