Breakdown of فکر میکنم که هیچکس به جز برادرم به اندازهی خواهر کوچکم لوس نیست.
من
I
بودنbudan
to be
کوچکkuchak
small
برادرbarâdar
brother
خواهرkhâhar
sister
بهbe
to
فکر کردنfekr kardan
to think
کهke
that (conjunction)
هیچکسhichkas
nobody
اندازهandâze
size / amount
به جزbe joz
except
لوسlus
spoiled
به اندازهیbe andâze-ye
as much as, as ... as
Questions & Answers about فکر میکنم که هیچکس به جز برادرم به اندازهی خواهر کوچکم لوس نیست.
How does the phrase be andâze-ye translate to "as spoiled as" in this sentence?
In Farsi, you do not literally say "as spoiled as." Instead, you use be andâze-ye (which literally means "to the size of" or "to the extent of") followed by the noun you are comparing against. Here, be andâze-ye khâhar-e kuchek-am means "to the extent of my little sister." The adjective itself (lus, meaning spoiled) goes at the end of the sentence right before the verb.
The English translation says "nobody... is", so why is the Farsi verb nist (is not) negative?
Farsi requires double negatives for these types of sentences. When you use a negative word like hich-kas (nobody), the verb must also be negative. So hich-kas... nist literally translates to "nobody... is not," which is the grammatically correct way to say "nobody is" in Farsi.
Does the phrase be joz (except) need an ezafe connector before barâdar-am?
No, be joz does not take an ezafe. You just place the noun or pronoun directly after it, which is why it is simply be joz barâdar-am (except my brother) without an extra "e" sound connecting them.
Why does the word lus (spoiled) appear after the sister and brother are mentioned, rather than next to them?
In Farsi equative sentences, the adjective describing the shared trait comes after the comparison phrase. The sentence structure is typically "[Subject] + be andâze-ye + [Noun] + [Adjective] + [Verb]". That is why lus comes right before the verb nist, applying the idea of being spoiled to the entire comparison.
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