Breakdown of انگار این بیماری بشریت را نابود میکند.
این
this
راrâ
definite direct object marker
نابود کردنnâbud kardan
to destroy
بیماریbimâri
disease / illness
Questions & Answers about انگار این بیماری بشریت را نابود میکند.
How exactly is the word بشریت formed in this sentence?
It is formed by adding the Arabic suffix ـیت (-iyyat) to the Arabic loanword بشر (bashar), which means human or mankind. This suffix is highly productive in Farsi for creating formal abstract nouns, transforming human into the abstract concept of humanity.
This sentence contains two abstract nouns: بیماری and بشریت. Why do they use entirely different suffixes?
بیماری uses the native Persian suffix ـی (-i) attached to the Persian word بیمار (sick). In contrast, بشریت uses the Arabic suffix ـیت (-iyyat). While Persian suffixes can easily attach to Arabic words, the Arabic ـیت suffix is almost exclusively reserved for Arabic loanwords to elevate the formality of the abstract noun.
Doesn't انگار (it seems / as if) introduce doubt? Why is the verb نابود میکند in the indicative mood rather than the subjunctive?
While انگار can trigger the subjunctive when expressing a highly hypothetical or doubtful scenario, it frequently takes the indicative when expressing a strong observation about an ongoing reality. Here, the speaker is observing a process that feels factual in the present moment (it seems it is currently destroying), so the indicative می prefix is appropriate.
Why does the abstract noun بشریت take the definite object marker را?
Even though بشریت (humanity) is an abstract, uncountable concept, it is the direct target of the compound verb نابود میکند (is destroying). In Farsi, when abstract nouns represent a universal whole or a specific complete entity being acted upon, they are treated as definite and require .