Breakdown of من هرگز چنین موجود باورنکردنیای ندیدهام.
من
I
دیدنdidan
to see / to watch
هرگزhargez
never
موجودmowjud
creature
Questions & Answers about من هرگز چنین موجود باورنکردنیای ندیدهام.
Why doesn't chenin take an Ezafe before mowjud?
Demonstrative adjectives of kind, like chenin (such / this kind of) and chenân (such / that kind of), are placed directly before the noun they modify without an Ezafe. So, we say chenin mowjud, not chenin-e mowjud.
If chenin translates to "such a", why do we still need the -i suffix at the end of bavar-nakardani-i?
While English builds "a" right into the phrase "such a", Persian still requires the indefinite suffix -i for a singular, unspecified noun. Notice that this suffix attaches to the very end of the entire noun phrase, which is why it appears on the adjective (bavar-nakardani) rather than the noun (mowjud).
Why is the suffix written as ای at the end of bavar-nakardani instead of just a regular ی?
The adjective bavar-nakardani (unbelievable) already ends in the vowel sound i. When you add the indefinite suffix -i to a word ending in a vowel, a y-glide sound is inserted to separate the vowels. In writing, this is often represented with an Alef and Ye (ای) to keep the word's final letter visually distinct from the suffix, pronounced together here as -yi.
Does hargez (never) always require a negative verb like nadideh-am?
Yes, Persian uses mandatory double negatives. Whenever you use a negative word like (never), (nothing), or (nobody), the verb must also be conjugated in its negative form. A literal translation of this phrasing would be "I have never not seen".