Question 1

How is har do-y-eshân formed, and what does the -y- do?

Accepted Answer

It combines har do (both) with the third-person plural possessive enclitic -eshân (them). Because do ends in a vowel sound, the letter ی (y) acts as a bridge consonant to make the pronunciation smooth, resulting in har do-y-eshân (both of them).

Question 2

Could I say har do-y-e ânhâ instead of using the enclitic -eshân?

Accepted Answer

Yes, har do-y-e ânhâ is grammatically correct and means the same thing. However, attaching the possessive enclitic directly to the quantifier (as in har do-y-eshân) is extremely common in both spoken and written Farsi, making the sentence flow much more naturally.

Question 3

Why are the verbs mi-khâhand and tasâhob konand in the plural here?

Accepted Answer

Unlike some non-human subjects or general numbers that can take singular verbs, har do-y-eshân clearly refers to multiple specific people. In Farsi, plural human subjects almost always take plural verb endings, hence the -and suffix on both verbs.

Question 4

Why is tasâhob konand in the subjunctive mood?

Accepted Answer

It follows the verb mi-khâhand (they want). Just like in English where we say 'want to take over', Farsi uses the subjunctive mood for the second verb because it expresses a desire or intention rather than a completed or ongoing fact.

Question 5

How does the phrase be dalil connect to the word for greed?

Accepted Answer

It uses an ezafe. be dalil translates to 'for the reason', and to attach it to tama' (greed), you add the invisible ezafe vowel sound '-e'. This forms be dalil-e tama' (literally 'due to the reason of greed').

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