Breakdown of هنوز با آن اوضاع خجالتآور روبهرو نشده بودم که او رفت.
او
he/she
آن
that
باbâ
with
رفتنraftan
to go
کهke
that (conjunction)
هنوزhanuz
yet / still
اوضاعowzâ'
situation (conditions, circumstances)
روبهرو شدنruberu shodan
to encounter / to face
خجالتآورkhejâlat-âvar
embarrassing
Questions & Answers about هنوز با آن اوضاع خجالتآور روبهرو نشده بودم که او رفت.
Why is the first verb negative (روبهرو نشده بودم) when the English translation is positive (I had hardly faced)?
The Farsi structure هنوز ... نشده بودم که literally translates to 'I had not yet... when'. To express 'hardly... when' in Farsi, you use هنوز (still/yet) with a negative Past Perfect verb, followed by که (when) and a Simple Past verb.
The word اوضاع looks like a plural. Why is it translated as the singular 'situation'?
اوضاع is the Arabic broken plural of وضع (condition/state), so it literally means 'conditions'. However, in Farsi, it is very commonly used as a singular collective noun to mean 'the situation' or 'the circumstances'.
How is the adjective خجالتآور (embarrassing) constructed?
It is a compound adjective made from خجالت (embarrassment) and آور, which is the present stem of آوردن (to bring). It literally means 'embarrassment-bringing'. You will see the -آور suffix on many adjectives to mean '-inducing', such as دردآور (painful/pain-bringing).
Why do we need the preposition با (with) before آن اوضاع؟
The compound verb روبهرو شدن translates to 'to face', but it literally means 'to become face-to-face'. Therefore, to say what you are facing, Farsi requires the preposition با (with) to say you are face-to-face with something.
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