Word
قبل از اینکه بخوابند، با یکدیگر در مورد فایدهی یکی و عیب دیگری صحبت کردند.
Meaning
Before going to sleep, they talked with each other about the benefit of one and the flaw of the other.
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Breakdown of قبل از اینکه بخوابند، با یکدیگر در مورد فایدهی یکی و عیب دیگری صحبت کردند.
و
and
باbâ
with
خوابیدنkhâbidan
to sleep
صحبت کردنsohbat kardan
to speak / to talk
Questions & Answers about قبل از اینکه بخوابند، با یکدیگر در مورد فایدهی یکی و عیب دیگری صحبت کردند.
How are the words yeki and digari being used together in this sentence?
They are used as a contrasting pair meaning "one ... the other". Just like regular nouns, these pronouns can take the ezāfe connector to show possession. Here, they connect to the concepts being discussed: faydeh-ye yeki (the benefit of one) and eyb-e digari (the flaw of the other).
Why is the verb bekhaband (they sleep) in the subjunctive form when the overall sentence is in the past tense?
The conjunction ghabl az inke (before) always triggers the subjunctive mood for the verb that immediately follows it. Even though the main action of talking (sohbat kardand) happened in the past, the act of sleeping was still a pending, unrealized event at that specific moment in the story, so it takes the subjunctive be- prefix.
Could I use hamdigar instead of yekdigar to mean "each other"?
Yes, they are interchangeable. yekdigar is slightly more formal and often used in writing, which matches the tone of this sentence. hamdigar is much more common in everyday spoken conversation.
Why does faydeh (benefit) use a -ye connector before yeki, but eyb (flaw) uses an -e connector before digari?