Breakdown of پستچی خستگیناپذیر هنوز هر صبح نامهها را در صندوق پستی میگذارد.
درdar
in
صبحsobh
morning
نامهnâme
letter
هرhar
every
راrâ
definite direct object marker
گذاشتنgozâshtan
to put
هنوزhanuz
yet / still
پستچیpostchi
postman
خستگیناپذیرkhastegi-nâpazir
tireless
صندوق پستیsandugh-e posti
mailbox
Questions & Answers about پستچی خستگیناپذیر هنوز هر صبح نامهها را در صندوق پستی میگذارد.
How is the compound adjective خستگیناپذیر (tireless) formed?
It is built from خستگی (fatigue or tiredness) and ناپذیر (unaccepting). ناپذیر combines the negative prefix نا- with the present stem of پذیرفتن (to accept). Literally, it translates to "fatigue-unaccepting" or "impervious to tiredness."
I always mix up میگذارد (puts) with the verb for "passes". How can I tell them apart?
This is a classic tricky pair! میگذارد comes from گذاشتن (to put, place, let), which has the present stem گذار (gozâr). The verb for "to pass" is گذشتن, which has the present stem گذر (gozar) and conjugates as میگذرد. Watch for that extra ا (alef) in the stem to know it means "to put."
Why is the phrase written as صندوق پستی instead of just صندوق پست?
By adding the relational suffix -ی to the noun پست (post/mail), it turns into the adjective پستی (postal). Therefore, صندوق پستی acts as a noun-adjective pair ("postal box") rather than a noun-noun possessive construction ("box of mail"), which sounds much more natural in this context.
Since this lesson is about علیرغم (despite), how would I modify this sentence to say "Despite his fatigue, the mail carrier still puts..."?
You would place the preposition at the beginning of the clause, linked to the noun with an ezafe: علیرغم خستگیاش، پستچی هنوز... (alâ-raghm-e khastegi-ash...). Notice how you add the possessive pronoun -اش (his/her) directly to the noun خستگی.
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