Word
آنها از بخار بدشان میآید.
Meaning
They dislike steam.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about آنها از بخار بدشان میآید.
Why is the verb singular (میآید) when the sentence starts with the plural آنها (they)?
In this Farsi psychological verb structure, the person experiencing the feeling isn't the grammatical subject. The literal translation is closer to "Their bad comes from steam." Because "bad" is what is grammatically "coming," the verb stays in the third-person singular (میآید), no matter who is doing the disliking.
How exactly does the word بدشان break down?
It is made of the adjective بد (bad) plus the third-person plural attached pronoun شان (their). This enclitic ending is what actually tells us who is experiencing the feeling, and it matches the experiencer mentioned earlier in the sentence (آنها).
Why is the preposition از (from) used before the word for steam?
The verb phrase بد آمدن (to dislike) requires the preposition از to introduce the thing being disliked. If you keep the literal translation in mind ("bad comes from steam"), using از here makes perfect sense!
Could I drop آنها from the beginning of the sentence?
Yes! Because the ending شان in بدشان already tells us that "they" are the ones who dislike the steam, the independent pronoun آنها is optional. You can just say از بخار بدشان میآید and the meaning remains exactly the same.