Breakdown of آتشنشان جوان یک زن را از زیر آوار نجات داد و آتشنشان پیر یک مرد را.
و
and
جوان
young
پیر
old
زنzan
woman
مردmard
man
یکyek
one / a, an
ازaz
from
زیرzir
under
راrâ
definite direct object marker
نجات دادنnejât dâdan
to rescue
آتشنشانâtash-neshân
firefighter
آوارâvâr
rubble / debris
Questions & Answers about آتشنشان جوان یک زن را از زیر آوار نجات داد و آتشنشان پیر یک مرد را.
Why does the sentence end abruptly with یک مرد را instead of a verb?
This is an example of verb ellipsis. Because the verb نجات داد (saved) in the second clause would be exactly the same as in the first clause, it is dropped to make the sentence sound more natural and avoid repetition. The second half is understood as ...و آتشنشان پیر یک مرد را نجات داد.
Why is the object marker را left dangling at the very end of the sentence?
را must always immediately follow the direct object it modifies, which here is یک مرد (a specific man). Because the verb at the end of the clause was dropped, the object phrase یک مرد را simply became the final part of the sentence.
Besides the verb, what else is missing from the second half of the sentence?
The prepositional phrase از زیر آوار (from under the rubble) has also been omitted. In coordinate clauses, you can drop other repetitive phrases in the second half if they apply equally to both parts, just like you drop verbs.
How is the word آتشنشان (firefighter) formed?
It is a compound word made of آتش (fire) and نشان, which is the present stem of نشاندن. While نشاندن often means to seat or to plant, it is also used as a causative verb for putting out a fire. Therefore, an آتشنشان is literally a fire-extinguisher.
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