Breakdown of غیر از این لیفتراک، ماشینا کار نمیکنن.
این
this
ماشینmâshin
car
کار کردنkâr kardan
to work
غیر ازgheyr az
except for
Questions & Answers about غیر از این لیفتراک، ماشینا کار نمیکنن.
Could I use be joz instead of gheyr az to say "except for" in this sentence?
Yes, absolutely. Both gheyr az and be joz mean "except for" or "other than." They are interchangeable, so saying be joz in liftrak... would mean the exact same thing here.
The word for "cars" is written as mâshinâ. Is that the normal plural form?
It is the normal spoken form! In conversational Farsi, the standard plural suffix -hâ is usually shortened to just -â. So, the formal mâshinhâ becomes mâshinâ in everyday speech.
Since mâshinâ refers to non-living things, shouldn't the verb be singular?
That is a great observation. In formal, written Farsi, plural inanimate subjects usually take a singular verb. However, in modern spoken Farsi, people very often use plural verbs for inanimate objects, especially when thinking of them as distinct, individual items (like a specific group of cars or machines).
Why does the verb kâr nemikonan end in -an instead of -and?
This is another common feature of spoken Farsi. The formal 3rd-person plural ending -and (which would be nemikonand) drops the final "d" in casual speech, becoming just -an.
Does mâshin mean "car" or "machine" here?