Breakdown of این شکلاتهای غیر رژیمی مال من است.
من
I
است
is
این
this
مالmâl
property / belonging
غیرgheyr
other than, non- (gheyr az = except)
شکلاتshokolât
chocolate
رژیمیrezhimi
dietary / diet (adjective)
Questions & Answers about این شکلاتهای غیر رژیمی مال من است.
Why does the prefix gheyr take an ezafe in gheyr-e rezhimi?
Originally an Arabic word meaning 'other than,' gheyr behaves grammatically like a noun in Farsi. To link it to the adjective rezhimi (diet), it requires the ezafe connector (-e). Together, gheyr-e plus an adjective acts as a single negative modifier, much like adding 'non-' or 'un-' in English.
Why are there two ezafes in the phrase shokolât-hâ-ye gheyr-e rezhimi?
The first ezafe (-ye, used here because -hâ ends in a vowel) links the noun shokolât-hâ (chocolates) to its describing phrase. The second ezafe is strictly part of the gheyr-e construction linking to rezhimi. You string them together just like any other chain of nouns and adjectives.
How is the adjective rezhimi formed in this sentence?
It comes from the noun rezhim (diet) plus the suffix -i, which is commonly used to turn nouns into adjectives of relation. So rezhim means 'a diet,' and rezhimi means 'dietary' or 'diet-friendly.' Adding gheyr-e simply flips it to 'non-diet.'
Since shokolât-hâ (chocolates) is plural, why does the sentence end with the singular verb ast (is)?
This is a great refresher on Farsi agreement rules: inanimate plural subjects, like chocolates or books, typically take a singular verb. While using a plural verb isn't strictly wrong, it sounds unnatural unless you are deliberately personifying the objects.
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