Breakdown of خوردن غذای غیر رژیمی بدون دلیل منطقی مجاز نیست.
بودنbudan
to be
غذاghazâ
food
خوردنkhordan
to eat / to drink
دلیلdalil
reason
بدونbedun-e
without
منطقیmanteqi
logical
مجازmojâz
authorized
غیرgheyr
other than, non- (gheyr az = except)
رژیمیrezhimi
dietary / diet (adjective)
Questions & Answers about خوردن غذای غیر رژیمی بدون دلیل منطقی مجاز نیست.
How does gheyr-e attach to rezhimi in this sentence?
gheyr acts as a negating prefix meaning "non-" or "un-", but grammatically it behaves like a noun that takes an Ezafe (-e) to connect to the adjective following it. So, gheyr-e rezhimi forms a unit meaning "non-diet". It's a very common way to create opposites for adjectives in Farsi.
How does the Ezafe chain work in the phrase ghazâ-ye gheyr-e rezhimi?
There are two Ezafes linking this phrase together. The first connects the noun ghazâ (food) to its modifier: ghazâ-ye (because ghazâ ends in a vowel, it takes a -ye instead of just -e). The modifier itself is the compound gheyr-e rezhimi. So the full chain is ghazâ-ye gheyr-e rezhimi (literally: food [of] non- [of] diet).
Both rezhimi and manteghi end in -i. What is the function of this suffix here?
This -i is a derivational suffix that turns nouns into adjectives. It transforms the noun rezhim (diet) into the adjective rezhimi (dietary/diet-related) and the noun mantegh (logic) into the adjective manteghi (logical).
Why is the infinitive khordan (to eat) used as the subject of the sentence?
In Farsi, the infinitive form (ending in -an) also functions directly as a gerund (an "-ing" noun). Here, khordan translates to "eating". The entire phrase starting with it, khordan-e ghazâ-ye gheyr-e rezhimi, acts as the subject: "Eating non-diet food".
Does the preposition bedun (without) require an Ezafe to connect to dalil?
Yes. While some simple prepositions like az (from) or bâ (with) do not take an Ezafe, many others like bedun (without) do require one to connect to the following noun. It is pronounced bedun-e, creating the chain bedun-e dalil-e manteghi (without a logical reason).
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