Word
متخلفین در خیابان تجمع کردند.
Meaning
The violators gathered in the street.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of متخلفین در خیابان تجمع کردند.
خیابانkhiâbân
street
درdar
in
متخلفmotekhallef
violator / offender
تجمع کردنtajammo' kardan
to gather (as a crowd)
Questions & Answers about متخلفین در خیابان تجمع کردند.
Why is the plural of motakhalef (violator) formed with -in instead of the standard Persian -ha or -an?
The -in suffix is borrowed from Arabic. In formal Persian, it is often attached to Arabic loanwords that refer to people, like motakhalef. While motakhalefan or motakhalefha are also grammatically correct, motakhalefin is very common in news and official reports, perfectly matching the formal tone of this sentence.
Since motakhalefin uses a foreign plural suffix, does it affect the verb agreement at the end of the sentence?
No, it acts just like any other plural human subject in Persian. Because the subject is a group of people, the verb kardand must be plural. If the subject were inanimate, the verb could be singular, but human plurals always take plural verbs.
How does the word motakhalef relate to other Arabic loanwords we have seen?
It shares the Arabic root kh-l-f with common words like mokhalef (opponent) and ekhtelaf (difference). Knowing this root helps you guess that a motakhalef is someone who goes against the rules, which means an offender or violator.
Does the verb tajammo' kardan match the register of the subject motakhalefin?