Breakdown of ما از آن کلاهبرداران سایبری لطمهی زیادی خوردیم.
ما
we
آن
that
ازaz
from
زیادziyâd
a lot
کلاهبردارkolâhbardâr
scammer
خوردنkhordan
to suffer / to undergo (passive light verb)
سایبریsâyberi
cyber
لطمهlatme
harm (blow, damage)
Questions & Answers about ما از آن کلاهبرداران سایبری لطمهی زیادی خوردیم.
Why is khordim (we ate) used here to mean "we suffered"?
In Farsi, you can often make a compound verb passive by changing its light verb to khordan (to eat/suffer). The active verb for "to harm" is latme zadan (literally "to strike harm"). By replacing zadan with khordan, we get latme khordan (to suffer harm or be harmed).
If the English translation uses "from those scammers", why does Farsi use az (from) instead of a word for "by" like in an English passive sentence?
When using lexical passives with khordan, Farsi treats the situation as receiving an action from a source. Because you are literally "eating" or "taking" harm, it logically comes from (az) the doer, not by them.
Why does kolâhbardârân (scammers) end in -ân instead of the usual plural -hâ?
While -hâ is the standard plural marker for almost everything in modern Farsi, the suffix -ân is an alternative plural used specifically for people and animate nouns. Using it here makes the sentence sound just a little bit more formal or written, though kolâhbardârhâ would also be perfectly correct.
Why is there a -ye linking latme and ziyâdi in latme-ye ziyâdi?
This is the ezâfe linking the noun latme (harm) to the adjective ziyâdi (a lot / much). Because latme ends in a silent 'h' (which acts as an 'e' vowel), the ezâfe requires a 'y' sound to bridge the two vowels smoothly.
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