Breakdown of طرفین به جای مجادله باید مصالحه میکردند.
کردنkardan
to do / to make
بایدbâyad
must
به جایbe jâ-ye
instead of
طرفینtarafeyn
both parties / sides
مصالحهmosâlehe
settlement / compromise
مجادلهmojâdele
dispute / altercation (verbal argument)
Questions & Answers about طرفین به جای مجادله باید مصالحه میکردند.
Why does tarafeyn mean "both parties" instead of just "parties"?
The word tarafeyn uses the Arabic dual suffix -eyn, which specifically means "two of" something. While Farsi normally uses -hâ or -ân for plurals, several Arabic loanwords keep this dual form. Here, taraf (side or party) becomes tarafeyn (the two parties).
Since tarafeyn means exactly two, how does Farsi verb agreement handle it?
Farsi treats all Arabic dual nouns as standard plurals. You can see this in the compound verb mosâleheh mikardand (they were compromising), where the auxiliary part takes the third-person plural ending -and to agree with tarafeyn.
How does this sentence express "should have compromised" instead of "must compromise"?
To express a past unfulfilled obligation (should have done something), Farsi pairs the fixed modal word bâyad with the imperfective past tense (often called past continuous). Here, bâyad is followed by mosâleheh mikardand (the mi- prefix attached to the past tense), which changes the meaning from a present requirement to a past regret.
Why isn't there a verb like "doing" after mojâdeleh?
The phrase be jâye (instead of) can connect directly to a noun without needing a verb, just as it does in English. Mojâdeleh (dispute or argument) functions as a noun here, so the literal structure is "instead of a dispute," making an extra verb unnecessary.
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