Word
هیچکدامتان نمیخواهید اموال را مساوی تقسیم کنید.
Meaning
None of you want to divide the properties equally.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of هیچکدامتان نمیخواهید اموال را مساوی تقسیم کنید.
راrâ
definite direct object marker
خواستنkhâstan
to want / to ask (request from someone)
تقسیم کردنtaqsim kardan
to divide / to share
اموال
Questions & Answers about هیچکدامتان نمیخواهید اموال را مساوی تقسیم کنید.
How does هیچکدامتان get its meaning of "none of you"?
It combines هیچکدام (none / neither) with the second-person plural possessive enclitic تان (your). When attached to a quantifier or indefinite pronoun, this enclitic acts as a partitive, meaning "of you."
Why are the verbs نمیخواهید and کنید conjugated for "you (plural)" instead of the third-person singular?
In English, "none" often takes a singular verb. However, in Farsi, when a quantifier has a personal enclitic attached (like the تان in هیچکدامتان), the sentence's verbs must logically agree with that enclitic. Since تان represents "you (plural)", the verbs take the second-person plural endings.
Why is the second verb تقسیم کنید in the subjunctive form instead of the indicative?
It acts as the complement to the verb نمیخواهید (you do not want). In Farsi, verbs expressing desires, intentions, or obligations require the following verb to be in the subjunctive mood, functioning much like the infinitive "to divide" does in English.
The word اموال translates to "properties", but it does not have a standard Farsi plural suffix. Why is that?
اموال is an Arabic broken plural, a concept frequently used in formal or standard Farsi. Its singular form is مال (property, wealth, or possession). Because it refers to the specific properties being divided here, it is immediately followed by the definite object marker را.