Word
اگرچه آنها صرفاً وسایل کاربردی میخرند، انباشتن را هم دوست دارند.
Meaning
Although they solely buy practical items, they also like hoarding.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of اگرچه آنها صرفاً وسایل کاربردی میخرند، انباشتن را هم دوست دارند.
آنها
they
خریدنkharidan
to buy
دوست داشتنdust dâshtan
to like / to love
راrâ
definite direct object marker
Questions & Answers about اگرچه آنها صرفاً وسایل کاربردی میخرند، انباشتن را هم دوست دارند.
Why do we use an affirmative verb (میخرند) with صرفاً? Don't we sometimes use negative verbs to say "only"?
While some structures for "only" or "except" require a negative verb in Farsi (like using جز meaning "except"), صرفاً (serfan) and تنها (tanhâ) are emphatic restrictions that mean "solely" or "exclusively." They always pair with an affirmative verb to emphasize exactly what someone does do.
Why does the infinitive verb انباشتن (anbâshtan) have the direct object marker را attached to it?
In Farsi, the full infinitive can act as a noun, similar to English "-ing" words (gerunds). Here, انباشتن acts as a noun meaning "hoarding" or "accumulating." Because this concept is the specific direct object of the verb دوست دارند (they like), it requires the direct object marker را.
Why is هم (ham) placed after را rather than right after the noun?
The direct object marker را is tightly bound to the noun phrase it marks and acts almost like a suffix. When you use هم (also/too) to modify that noun phrase, it must come after را, which is why we see انباشتن را هم instead of putting هم in the middle.
How do we break down the word کاربردی (kârbordi)?