Breakdown of همهشان حریص هستند و میخواهند خانه را تصاحب کنند.
و
and
خانه
house
بودنbudan
to be
راrâ
definite direct object marker
خواستنkhâstan
to want / to ask (request from someone)
همهhame
all, everyone
تصاحب کردنtasâhob kardan
to take over / to appropriate
حریصharís
greedy
Questions & Answers about همهشان حریص هستند و میخواهند خانه را تصاحب کنند.
How is hame-shân formed, and can I just say hame-ye ânhâ instead?
You can definitely say hame-ye ânhâ, but hame-shân is a very common and natural shortcut. It forms a pronominal partitive by attaching the third-person plural possessive enclitic -shân (their/them) directly to the quantifier hame (all). This structure is widely used in both everyday speech and writing.
Could the verbs in this sentence take singular endings since hame (all) translates to words like 'everyone' or 'everybody' in English?
In Farsi, because the enclitic -shân refers specifically to plural people (them), the verb must be plural. Whenever a subject like hame (all) or ba'zi (some) is paired with a plural enclitic like -shân or -etân, the verb aligns with that plurality and takes a plural ending, such as -and in hastand and mi-khâhand.
Why is there no be- prefix on the second verb, tasâhob konand?
Because it is a compound verb. The verb mi-khâhand (they want) requires the following verb to be in the subjunctive mood. For simple verbs, you usually add the be- prefix to form the subjunctive. However, for compound verbs like tasâhob kardan (to take possession), the non-verbal part (tasâhob) takes the place of the prefix. Therefore, we just use the bare present stem of kardan with the personal ending: konand.
What is the root of the word tasâhob?
It comes from an Arabic root related to ownership, sharing a root with the common Farsi word sâheb (owner). When combined with kardan to form tasâhob kardan, it literally translates to 'making oneself the owner' or 'appropriating'. Recognising this root makes the compound verb much easier to remember at this level.
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