Word
آنها غیبت میکنند که فلانی نجیبزاده است.
Meaning
They gossip that so-and-so is an aristocrat.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of آنها غیبت میکنند که فلانی نجیبزاده است.
آنها
they
بودنbudan
to be
کهke
that (conjunction)
غیبت کردنgheybat kardan
to gossip
Questions & Answers about آنها غیبت میکنند که فلانی نجیبزاده است.
Why do we use فلانی (folâni) here instead of just فلان (folân)?
In this sentence, 'so-and-so' acts as a standalone noun (the subject of the second clause). We use folâni when we need an independent pronoun. If we wanted to say 'such-and-such person', we would use the determiner folân before a noun, like folân šaxs.
Is غیبت کردن (qeybat kardan) just casual gossip, or is it always negative?
It is definitely negative. The word qeybat is related to the word for 'absent' (qâyeb). Therefore, qeybat kardan specifically means talking badly about someone behind their back or backbiting, rather than just harmlessly catching up on news.
What is the literal breakdown of the word نجیبزاده (najib-zâdeh)?
It is a compound of najib (noble, decent, or pure) and the suffix -zâdeh (born of, or offspring). Literally meaning 'noble-born', it is the standard word for 'aristocrat' or 'noble'.
Could we drop the word که (ke) here, the same way we often drop 'that' in English?
It is much better to keep it. In English, saying 'They gossip so-and-so is...' sounds perfectly fine, but Farsi relies much more heavily on ke to connect a main clause to a subordinate clause. Dropping it here would sound unnatural to a native speaker.