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Questions & Answers about این حس بد نیست.
Since this lesson focuses on negative words like hich-kas (nobody), why isn't hich used in this sentence?
This sentence is a simple negative statement describing a specific noun (این حس, "this feeling"). You only use the hich- words when you need to express "nobody," "nothing," or "nowhere." Here, the simple negative verb نیست (is not) does all the work we need.
If I wanted to emphasize this and say 'This feeling is not bad at all', would I use hich?
You actually wouldn't use a hich- word for that. To emphasize a negative adjective like this, Farsi speakers use اصلاً (aslan), which means "at all." You would say این حس اصلاً بد نیست (This feeling is not bad at all).
The Farsi word for bad is بد (bad). Is it related to the English word?
It is actually a famous linguistic coincidence! Even though English and Farsi belong to the same massive language family, linguists believe بد and the English word "bad" developed completely independently. They just happen to sound identical and mean the exact same thing.
Does حس (hes) refer to physical feelings or emotional ones?
It can be used for both! حس translates to "feeling" or "sense." You can use it to talk about an emotional state (like getting a good or bad vibe from a situation) as well as physical sensations or the five physical senses.