Breakdown of برای سادگی، او صرفاً از انباشتن چیزهای اضافی پرهیز میکند.
او
he/she
ازaz
from
برایbarâye
for
چیزchiz
thing
Questions & Answers about برای سادگی، او صرفاً از انباشتن چیزهای اضافی پرهیز میکند.
How does serfan work in this sentence compared to other ways of saying "only"?
The current lesson focuses on emphatic restriction using words like serfan (solely) and tanhâ (only). Unlike joz (except), which usually requires a negative verb to mean "does nothing but," serfan pairs with an affirmative verb. Here, پرهیز میکند (avoids) is affirmative, cleanly expressing that his exclusive action is avoidance.
Why do we need the preposition az right before anbâshtan (hoarding)?
The compound verb پرهیز کردن (to avoid / to abstain) strictly requires the preposition از (from) to introduce what is being avoided. Think of it structurally as "abstaining from hoarding."
Could I use a subjunctive verb here instead of the infinitive anbâshtan?
Yes, you could use a subordinate clause like از اینکه چیزهای اضافی بینبارد (literally: from the fact that he hoards extra things) using the subjunctive. However, using the full infinitive انباشتن directly as a verbal noun (gerund) after a preposition is much more concise and is a very common, elegant structure in B2-level Farsi.
What is the grammatical function of the -an ending on serfan?
The -an ending is an Arabic suffix (called tanwin) that Farsi uses extensively to form adverbs. It turns the base word صرف (pure/mere) into the adverb صرفاً (purely/solely).