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من نگران خفگی بودم و همکار من نگران سوختگی.
Meaning
I was worried about suffocation, and my colleague about burns.
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Questions & Answers about من نگران خفگی بودم و همکار من نگران سوختگی.
The first clause ends with بودم (I was), but the second clause drops its verb. If we didn't drop it, would it also be بودم?
No, the omitted verb is بود (he/she was) because the subject of the second clause is همکار من (my colleague). In Farsi, when using verb ellipsis in coordinate clauses, you can drop the second verb even if its conjugation (person or number) differs from the first, as long as it is the same base verb.
In English we say 'worried ABOUT suffocation', but there is no preposition here. How does Farsi handle this?
It is handled by the Ezafe. You link نگران (worried) directly to the cause of the worry with an Ezafe: نگران خفگی (negarân-e khafegi). While you could use a preposition phrase like نگران در مورد خفگی, using just the Ezafe is much more natural and concise in Farsi.
Both خفگی (suffocation) and سوختگی (burns) end in گی. Is this a standard noun-forming pattern?
Yes! The suffix گی is used to turn words ending in a 'silent h' (ه) into abstract nouns. Here, خفه (choked/suffocated) becomes خفگی, and the past participle سوخته (burned) becomes سوختگی. The 'h' drops and is replaced by گی.
Could I say همکارم instead of همکار من for 'my colleague'?