Breakdown of هیچکس نباید در زندگی شخصی دیگران دخالت کند.
درdar
in
بایدbâyad
must
هیچکسhichkas
nobody
دیگرانdigarân
others
زندگیzendegi
life
شخصیshakhsi
personal
دخالت کردنdekhâlat kardan
to interfere
نبایدnabâyad
must not, should not
Questions & Answers about هیچکس نباید در زندگی شخصی دیگران دخالت کند.
Why do we use نباید (must not) instead of باید (must) when the English translation is "No one must..."?
Farsi requires double negatives. The word هیچکس (hich-kas) means "nobody" or "anyone", and whenever you use a "hich" word as the subject or object, the main verb must also be negative. So literally, Farsi says "Nobody must not interfere."
نباید requires the subjunctive mood, so why doesn't دخالت کند start with the usual بـ (be-) prefix?
دخالت کردن (dekhalat kardan) is a compound verb. In the present subjunctive, the بـ (be-) prefix normally attaches to the helping verb (making it بکند). However, with compound verbs, it is very common to drop the بـ prefix entirely. So, دخالت کند (dekhalat konad) is the correct subjunctive form here.
How are the words connected in زندگی شخصی دیگران (the personal life of others)?
This uses an Ezāfe chain to link the noun to its adjective and then to the possessor. زندگی (zendegi) takes a ـِ (-ye) to connect to the adjective شخصی (shakhsi), which takes another ـِ (-ye) to connect to دیگران (digaran). It is pronounced zendegi-ye shakhsi-ye digaran.
Why does دیگر have an ان (-an) ending in this sentence?
دیگر (digar) means "other". When used as a noun to refer specifically to other people, Farsi adds the animate plural suffix ان (-an) to make دیگران (digaran), meaning "others".
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