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Questions & Answers about آن اتفاق بد نبود.
How is the negative past tense formed in the word نبود?
The verb نبود (nabood) means "was not". It is formed by taking the simple past stem for "was", which is بود (bood), and adding the negative prefix نـ (na-). Because the subject "that incident" is third-person singular (an "it"), there is no extra person ending added to the stem.
Does the Farsi word بد (bad) really mean the same thing as the English word "bad"?
Yes, it does! The Farsi word بد (bad) sounds almost identical to the English word and has the exact same meaning. They actually share an ancient linguistic root, making this a very easy vocabulary word to remember.
Can اتفاق (ettefaagh) also mean "accident"?
Yes. While it translates to "incident" or "event" in this sentence, اتفاق is very commonly used in Farsi to mean "accident" (like a car crash) or even "coincidence". It generally refers to a sudden or notable thing that happens.
Why does the verb نبود go at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi typically uses a Subject-Object-Verb word order. Here, the structure is Subject (آن اتفاق, that incident) + Adjective (بد, bad) + Verb (نبود, was not). The main verb almost always anchors the very end of a Farsi sentence.