Word
پیدا کردن آدرس ناخوانا سخت است، اما هیچچیز او را خسته نمیکند.
Meaning
Finding an illegible address is hard, but nothing tires him.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of پیدا کردن آدرس ناخوانا سخت است، اما هیچچیز او را خسته نمیکند.
است
is
او
he/she
خسته
tired
اماammâ
but
Questions & Answers about پیدا کردن آدرس ناخوانا سخت است، اما هیچچیز او را خسته نمیکند.
How is the word ناخوانا built?
It is an adjective meaning "unreadable" or "illegible." It is formed from the negative prefix نا, the present stem of the verb "to read" (خوان), and the suffix ا, which often creates an adjective of capability or ongoing state.
Is it common to use a full infinitive like پیدا کردن as the subject of a sentence?
Yes, absolutely. In Farsi, infinitives (verbs ending in ـَن) function as verbal nouns, equivalent to English gerunds (the "-ing" form). The entire phrase پیدا کردن آدرس ناخوانا (Finding an illegible address) acts as the subject here.
Why is the verb نمیکند in the negative form if هیچچیز already means "nothing"?
Farsi strictly requires double negatives. Whenever you use a negative pronoun or adverb like هیچچیز (nothing), هیچکس (nobody), or هیچجا (nowhere), the verb in that clause must also be conjugated in the negative.
How would we rewrite this sentence to use the concessive preposition علیرغم (despite) from this lesson?
Because علیرغم must be followed by a noun or pronoun, you have to turn the first clause into a noun phrase. You could say: علیرغم سختی پیدا کردن آدرس ناخوانا، هیچچیز او را خسته نمیکند (Despite the difficulty of finding an illegible address, nothing tires him). Notice how the adjective سخت (hard) changes to the noun سختی (difficulty) so it can connect to the rest of the phrase via an ezafe.