Breakdown of هر کس هم که بیش از حد عصبانی باشد، صندوقدارها هرگز به او باج نمیدهند.
او
he/she
بودنbudan
to be
بهbe
to
هرhar
every
هرگزhargez
never
کهke
that (conjunction)
عصبانیasabâni
angry
همham
also, too / both ... and / together / each other
بیش از حدbish az had
excessively / too much
کسkas
person (individual, someone)
صندوقدارsandoogh-dâr
cashier
باج دادنbâj dâdan
to give in / to make undue concessions (yielding to extortion or pressure)
Questions & Answers about هر کس هم که بیش از حد عصبانی باشد، صندوقدارها هرگز به او باج نمیدهند.
Why is the subjunctive verb "bâshad" used here instead of the indicative "ast"?
This sentence uses the structure har kas ham ke (no matter who), which creates an indefinite concessive clause. Because the person being referred to is hypothetical or unknown, Farsi requires the present subjunctive, which for the verb "to be" is bâshad.
What purpose does "ham" serve in "har kas ham ke"? Could I leave it out?
The word ham adds the strong concessive flavor of "even if" or "no matter." While har kas ke simply means "whoever," adding ham specifically emphasizes that the outcome won't change regardless of who it is. You could drop it, but the sentence would lose that emphatic "no matter" tone.
What is the literal meaning of "bâj nemi-dahand"?
The noun bâj historically means "tribute," "toll," or "blackmail." The compound verb bâj dâdan literally means "to pay tribute," but in modern Farsi, it is a common idiom meaning "to give in," "to yield," or "to let someone have their way by being bullied."
The English translation says "give in to them," but the Farsi uses "be u". Why is it singular?
In Farsi, har kas (whoever / every person) is grammatically singular. Therefore, it must be referred to with the singular pronoun u later in the sentence. English often uses the singular "they/them" for an unspecified person, but Farsi strictly uses the third-person singular.
How is the word for cashiers, "sandogh-dârhâ", constructed?
It is built from sandogh, which means "box," "safe," or "cash register," and the suffix -dâr, meaning "keeper" or "holder" (from the present stem of dâshtan, to have). With the plural suffix -hâ, it literally translates to "cash register keepers."
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