Word
اشراف هر چقدر هم که پچپچ کنند، فلان نجیبزاده گوش نمیدهد.
Meaning
No matter how much the aristocracy whisper, such-and-such an aristocrat does not listen.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of اشراف هر چقدر هم که پچپچ کنند، فلان نجیبزاده گوش نمیدهد.
کردنkardan
to do / to make
هرhar
every
گوش دادنgush dâdan
to listen
کهke
that (conjunction)
Questions & Answers about اشراف هر چقدر هم که پچپچ کنند، فلان نجیبزاده گوش نمیدهد.
Why do we use فلان here instead of فلانی?
In this sentence, فلان acts as a determiner modifying the noun نجیبزاده to mean "such-and-such aristocrat". If we wanted to drop the noun and just say "so-and-so does not listen" using a standalone pronoun, we would use فلانی instead.
Why is the verb پچپچ کنند in the subjunctive mood?
The phrase هر چقدر هم که (no matter how much) sets up a concessive clause, meaning it describes a hypothetical or ongoing condition. In Farsi, this "no matter how/what/who" structure requires the verb that follows it to be in the subjunctive.
What do هم and که add to هر چقدر?
While هر چقدر means "however much" or "as much as", adding هم که strongly emphasizes the "no matter" or "even if" aspect of the phrase. You will frequently see this fixed combination used to build these kinds of concessive sentences.
In English, "the aristocracy" can be a singular collective noun. Why does it take the plural verb کنند in Farsi?
The word اشراف is an Arabic broken plural of شریف (noble). Because it inherently refers to multiple people ("the nobles"), Farsi grammar treats it as a standard plural noun, requiring a plural verb.