Breakdown of کودک پرخاشگر نه روانشناس و نه مادر را میپذیرد.
و
and
مادرmâdar
mother
راrâ
definite direct object marker
پذیرفتنpaziroftan
to accept
Questions & Answers about کودک پرخاشگر نه روانشناس و نه مادر را میپذیرد.
Why is the verb میپذیرد positive when the sentence translates to a negative 'neither... nor'?
In formal Farsi, the نه ... نه structure carries the negative meaning itself, so the verb often remains affirmative, just like the English 'accepts neither'. However, Farsi is flexible here: you will also frequently hear and see this structure paired with a negative verb (نمیپذیرد), especially in everyday speech.
Why does را only appear at the very end of the object phrase instead of after both nouns?
When you have multiple direct objects linked by conjunctions, the object marker را only needs to be placed once, immediately following the last noun in the list. Writing نه روانشناس را و نه مادر را is grammatically understandable but sounds repetitive and clumsy.
The English translation says 'the psychologist nor the mother', but there are no definite articles. How do we know they are specific?
The object marker را makes the entire object phrase specific. Even though it is physically attached only to مادر, it governs both nouns inside the نه ... نه structure, indicating that we are talking about a specific psychologist and a specific mother.
How is the adjective پرخاشگر formed?
It is a combination of the noun پرخاش (argument or aggression) and the suffix گر. This suffix indicates a person who performs an action or consistently exhibits a trait, similar to '-er' in English, making the combined word mean 'aggressive' or 'aggressor'.