Word
سرآشپز هیچوقت ادویهدان را بدون ادویه روی میز نمیگذارد.
Meaning
The chef never puts the spice jar on the table without spice.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of سرآشپز هیچوقت ادویهدان را بدون ادویه روی میز نمیگذارد.
رویruye
on
میزmize
table
راrâ
definite direct object marker
گذاشتنgozâshtan
to put
Questions & Answers about سرآشپز هیچوقت ادویهدان را بدون ادویه روی میز نمیگذارد.
How does the suffix in ادویهدان (adviye-dān) work?
It uses the suffix -dān, which attaches to a noun to mean a container or receptacle for that item. Here, adviye (spice) + -dān makes spice jar. You will also see this in common household items like namak-dān (salt shaker) and qand-dān (sugar bowl).
Why is the verb نمیگذارد (ne-mi-gozārad) negative when the sentence already says هیچوقت (hič-vaqt) for never?
Farsi uses negative concord, meaning never and other hič words (like hič-kas or hič-čiz) must be paired with a negative verb. A direct word-for-word translation would sound like 'never doesn't put' to an English speaker.
Are there any hidden ezafe vowels connecting the words in this sentence?
Yes, two of them. The prepositions بدون (bedun, without) and روی (ruy, on) both require an ezafe to connect to the noun that follows. When speaking or reading aloud, you must say bedun-e adviye and ruy-e miz.
The verb نمیگذارد comes from گذاشتن (gozāštan). Why is it spelled with the letter ذ (zāl) instead of ز (ze)?