Breakdown of آنها یک لینک جعلی فرستادند و افراد زیادی فریب خوردند.
آنها
they
و
and
یکyek
one / a, an
زیادziyâd
a lot
فرستادنferestâdan
to send
جعلیja'li
fake / forged
فردfard
individual
فریبfarib
deception
خوردنkhordan
to suffer / to undergo (passive light verb)
لینکlink
link
Questions & Answers about آنها یک لینک جعلی فرستادند و افراد زیادی فریب خوردند.
Why does the sentence use khordand to mean "they were deceived"?
This is a lexical passive. The active compound verb for "to deceive" is farib dâdan (literally "to give deceit"). To make it passive, Farsi often replaces the active light verb dâdan with khordan (to eat/suffer). So, farib khordan literally means "to suffer deceit," which translates perfectly to "to be deceived."
Why is there an -i at the end of ziyâdi in afrâd-e ziyâdi?
In Farsi, when you want to express "many" or "a lot of" modifying a noun, you often take the adjective ziyâd and add the indefinite -i suffix to the end of it. The noun connects to this adjective using an ezafe (-e). Therefore, afrâd-e ziyâdi translates as "many people" or "a lot of individuals."
The word for "people" here is afrâd. What is the singular form?
The singular form is fard, which means "individual" or "person." The word afrâd is a broken plural borrowed from Arabic, meaning its internal spelling changes to become plural instead of just taking a standard Farsi suffix like -hâ.
How is the adjective ja'li (fake) formed?
It is built from the noun ja'l, which means "forgery" or "counterfeit." By adding the common adjective-forming suffix -i, Farsi turns the noun into the descriptive adjective ja'li meaning "fake" or "forged."
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