Breakdown of آن مرد بیشرم یک داستان بیمعنی گفته است.
آن
that
مردmard
man
یکyek
one / a, an
گفتنgoftan
to say / to tell
داستانdâstân
story
شرمsharm
shame
معنیma'ni
meaning
Questions & Answers about آن مرد بیشرم یک داستان بیمعنی گفته است.
How do the adjectives bi-sharm and bi-ma'ni get their meaning in this sentence?
Both are formed using the prefix bi-, which means "without" or "-less". It attaches to nouns to create adjectives. Here, sharm means "shame", so bi-sharm becomes "shameless". Similarly, ma'ni means "meaning", making bi-ma'ni mean "meaningless" or "nonsense".
If bi-sharm means "shameless", could I use the prefix bâ- to say someone is modest?
Yes! The prefix bâ- (with) is the exact opposite of bi- (without). You can say bâ-sharm to describe someone who is modest or has a healthy sense of shame. Likewise, a meaningful story would be dâstân-e bâ-ma'ni.
Why isn't there a visible connecting word between mard (man) and bi-sharm (shameless)?
In Farsi, nouns and their adjectives are linked by an ezafe (an "-e" or "-ye" sound). Although it is rarely written in the Persian script, you must pronounce it to connect them: mard-e bi-sharm. The same invisible link happens in dâstân-e bi-ma'ni (a meaningless story).
Why does the sentence use gofte ast instead of the simple past goft?
gofte ast is the present perfect tense ("has told"). It is formed by taking the past participle gofte (told) and adding ast (is). This tense is used here because the man told the story in the past, but the result or relevance of that nonsense story is still being felt right now.
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