Breakdown of اگر دربارهی هکرها نخوانده بودم، آنتیویروس را دانلود نمیکردم.
خواندنkhândan
to read / to study (a subject)
راrâ
definite direct object marker
دانلود کردنdânlod kardan
to download
دربارهdarbâre
about / concerning
اگرagar
if
آنتیویروسântivirus
antivirus
هکرhaker
hacker
Questions & Answers about اگر دربارهی هکرها نخوانده بودم، آنتیویروس را دانلود نمیکردم.
How is the negative third conditional formed in the 'if' clause here?
The 'if' clause uses the negative past perfect tense: نخوانده بودم (nakhande budam). You form this by adding the negative prefix na- to the past participle خوانده (khande), followed by the past tense of بودن (budan) for the 'I' form, which is بودم (budam).
Why does the second part of the sentence use دانلود نمیکردم (a past continuous verb) to mean 'would not have downloaded'?
In Farsi third conditionals, while the 'if' clause uses the past perfect, the main result clause usually uses the past continuous (imperfect) tense. So نمیکردم (nemi-kardam) translates to 'would not have done' in this context, rather than its usual meaning of 'was not doing'.
Why is the negative prefix نـ pronounced as 'na-' in نخوانده but as 'ne-' in نمیکردم?
The negative prefix is normally pronounced 'na-', as in نخوانده (nakhande). However, when it attaches to a verb that starts with the continuous prefix می (mi-), the vowel sound changes to 'ne-' to make the pronunciation flow better, resulting in نمیکردم (nemi-kardam).
Why is there an extra ی (ye) attached to درباره (darbare)?
The word درباره means 'about', and it requires an ezafe to connect it to the following noun. Since درباره ends in a silent 'h' (acting as a vowel), we add the letter ی to create the 'ye' linking sound before هکرها (haker-ha).
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