Breakdown of او نه وانیل و نه توتفرنگی اضافه میکند.
او
he/she
و
and
اضافه کردنezâfe kardan
to add
نهna
nor
وانیلvânil
vanilla
توتفرنگیtut-farangi
strawberry
Questions & Answers about او نه وانیل و نه توتفرنگی اضافه میکند.
Why is the verb ezâfe mikonad in the affirmative form when the sentence means 'neither... nor'?
In standard Farsi, the na ... va na ... (neither... nor...) structure already carries the negative meaning. Because of this, the main verb remains affirmative. While you might occasionally hear a negative verb in casual spoken Farsi, keeping it positive is grammatically standard here.
How exactly is the 'neither... nor' pattern formed in this sentence?
It is formed by placing na before the first option and va na (literally 'and not') before the second option. Here, that gives us na vânil va na tut-farangi.
Why don't the objects vânil (vanilla) and tut-farangi (strawberry) use the direct object marker râ?
The marker râ is only used for specific, definite direct objects. In this sentence, the subject is talking about adding vanilla and strawberry in a general sense, not a specific, previously mentioned batch of them, so râ is omitted.
What is the base form of the verb used for 'adds' here?
It is the compound verb ezâfe kardan (to add). It is made up of the noun ezâfe (addition) and the light verb kardan (to do/make), conjugated here in the present tense for the third-person singular.
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