Breakdown of بازرس هر مغازهی بدون مجوز را پلمب میکند.
مغازهmaghâze
shop
هرhar
every
راrâ
definite direct object marker
بدونbedun-e
without
Questions & Answers about بازرس هر مغازهی بدون مجوز را پلمب میکند.
The lesson says har is used without an Ezafe, but there is an Ezafe on maghāze-ye. Why?
The rule is that har (every) does not take an Ezafe to connect to its noun. We say har maghāze, not har-e maghāze. The Ezafe you see here (-ye) belongs to maghāze to link it to the descriptive phrase that follows: maghāze-ye bedūn-e mojavvez (shop without a permit).
Since every shop implies multiple shops, could I use the plural maghāze-hā here?
No, har must always be followed by a singular noun, exactly like the word every in English. To use the plural, you would need to change the sentence to use hame-ye (all of), which would make it hame-ye maghāze-hā-ye bedūn-e mojavvez.
Why is the direct object marker rā used here? Isn't every shop without a permit a general idea rather than a specific object?
In Farsi, noun phrases modified by har (every) or hame (all) are treated as definite when they act as the direct object. Because the phrase points to a complete, known set of things, it requires rā right after the entire object phrase.
The word polomb looks unusual. What does it mean literally?
It is borrowed from the French word for lead. In Iran, authorities use physical lead seals to legally lock the doors of non-compliant businesses. The compound verb polomb kardan literally means to seal with lead, which translates to shutting down a business or property.