Breakdown of قانون صومعه، دعا کردن و خارج نشدن است.
و
and
بودنbudan
to be
قانونqânun
law
خارج شدنkhârej shodan
to exit
صومعهsowma'e
monastery
دعا کردنdo'â kardan
to pray
Questions & Answers about قانون صومعه، دعا کردن و خارج نشدن است.
How do we form the negative verbal noun "not leaving" in this sentence?
To make a negative infinitive or verbal noun, you add the negative prefix نـ (na-) to the verb. Because خارج شدن (to leave/exit) is a compound verb, the prefix attaches to the auxiliary verb شدن, creating خارج نشدن.
Is it ever possible to attach the negative prefix to the first word in the compound verb?
No, that is a common trap! In Persian compound verbs, verb prefixes like the negative نـ (na-) must always attach to the verbal part (here, شدن). The non-verbal element (خارج) never takes these prefixes.
Why are the verbs for "praying" and "not leaving" in their full infinitive forms here?
In Persian, the full infinitive form naturally acts as a verbal noun or gerund (the "-ing" form in English). So دعا کردن means both "to pray" and "praying," functioning perfectly here as a noun that defines what the rule is.
What is the purpose of the comma after صومعه?
Persian often uses commas to clearly separate the subject of the sentence from the predicate, especially before lists or longer phrases. Here, it visually isolates the subject phrase قانون صومعه (the monastery's rule) from the two activities that make up the rule.
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