Breakdown of والدین باید شرایط حضانت را قبول کنند.
راrâ
definite direct object marker
بایدbâyad
must
شرایطsharâyet
conditions
قبول کردنghabul kardan
to accept
Questions & Answers about والدین باید شرایط حضانت را قبول کنند.
Why is vâledeyn translated as plural "parents", and how does it affect the verb?
Vâledeyn comes from Arabic, where the suffix -eyn makes a noun dual (exactly two). In Farsi, words like this are treated as regular plural nouns. That's why the verb at the end, qabul konand, is in the third-person plural form (they accept) to agree with it.
Is sharâyet (conditions) a regular plural?
No, sharâyet is an Arabic "broken plural" of the word shart (condition). You will see many of these in formal or legal contexts like this one. Even though it doesn't have a Farsi plural suffix like -hâ, it means "conditions" and acts as a plural noun.
Why isn't there a visible connecting word between "conditions" and "custody"?
They are connected by the Ezâfe, making it sharâyet-e hezânat (conditions of custody). The -e isn't written in the standard Farsi alphabet here because it follows a consonant, but you still pronounce it to link the two nouns together.
Why is râ placed after hezânat instead of sharâyet?
Râ marks the entire noun phrase as the definite direct object. Here, the direct object is the whole phrase sharâyet-e hezânat (the custody conditions). Therefore, râ must go at the very end of that phrase, right after hezânat.