Breakdown of هیچکس چنین حرف مزخرفی را باور نمیکند.
راrâ
definite direct object marker
هیچکسhichkas
nobody
باور کردنbâvar kardan
to believe
حرفharf
word, talk
چنینchonin
such / this kind of
مزخرفmozakhraf
nonsense / ridiculous (rubbish, crap)
Questions & Answers about هیچکس چنین حرف مزخرفی را باور نمیکند.
How does chenin work here, and why isn't there an Ezafe after it?
The word chenin means such or this kind of. Unlike regular descriptive adjectives that follow a noun and connect with an Ezafe, demonstrative adjectives of kind like chenin and chenân come directly before the noun phrase, and they never take an Ezafe.
Why is there an -i at the end of mozakhrafi?
When using chenin to mean such a, the noun phrase usually takes the indefinite suffix -i. Here, the core noun phrase is harf-e mozakhraf (absurd talk or nonsense). The suffix -i always attaches to the very end of the entire noun phrase, resulting in harf-e mozakhrafi.
Isn't it a contradiction to have both the indefinite -i and the specific object marker râ on the same phrase?
It looks contradictory, but this is a classic Farsi structure you will see often. The -i is required by chenin to build the meaning such a thing. However, in the context of the sentence, such a nonsense refers to a specific statement that was just made. Because it points to a specific direct object receiving the action of the verb, it takes râ.
Why is the verb negative (nemi-konad) if hich-kas already means nobody?
Farsi requires negative concord, often called a double negative in English. Whenever you use a negative pronoun like hich-kas (nobody) or hich-chiz (nothing), the verb must also be conjugated in its negative form. A literal translation would be: Nobody doesn't believe such a nonsense.
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