Breakdown of هرگز روی یک لینک ناشناس کلیک نکنید تا فریب نخورید.
رویruye
on
یکyek
one / a, an
هرگزhargez
never
تاtâ
so that
کلیک کردنkelik kardan
to click
فریبfarib
deception
خوردنkhordan
to suffer / to undergo (passive light verb)
لینکlink
link
ناشناسnâshenâs
unknown (person, anonymous)
Questions & Answers about هرگز روی یک لینک ناشناس کلیک نکنید تا فریب نخورید.
Why is khordan (to eat) used in farib nakhorid to mean 'deceived'?
This is an example of a lexical passive. In Farsi, some transitive compound verbs become passive by swapping out their light verb. The active verb 'to deceive' is farib dâdan (literally 'to give deception'). To make it passive ('to be deceived'), we replace dâdan with khordan (to eat/suffer), creating farib khordan. Here it is conjugated in the negative: farib nakhorid (you are not deceived).
Why is farib nakhorid in the subjunctive mood here?
The word tâ in this sentence means 'so that' or 'in order to'. In Farsi, verbs following tâ to express purpose or an intended outcome must take the subjunctive mood, because they describe a potential event rather than a stated fact. The negative subjunctive of khordan for 'you (plural/formal)' is nakhorid.
The word hargez means 'never', but the verb nakonid is also negative. Is that a double negative?
Yes, Farsi requires a double negative in this structure. When you use absolute negative words like hargez (never) or hich (nothing/none), the main verb in the clause must also be made negative. So hargez ... kelik nakonid literally translates to 'never do not click', which is the standard Farsi way to say 'never click'.
How is the word nâ-shenâs built to mean 'unknown'?
The prefix nâ- is a common way to negate an adjective in Farsi, much like 'un-' or 'in-' in English. The shenâs part is the present stem of the verb shenâkhtan (to know/recognize). Put them together, and nâ-shenâs literally means 'unrecognized' or 'unknown'.
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