Word
هیچکس نمیخواهد منفور و مغضوب باشد.
Meaning
Nobody wants to be notorious and out of favor.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of هیچکس نمیخواهد منفور و مغضوب باشد.
و
and
بودنbudan
to be
خواستنkhâstan
to want / to ask (request from someone)
هیچکسhichkas
nobody
Questions & Answers about هیچکس نمیخواهد منفور و مغضوب باشد.
How do the words manfur and maghzub follow the maf'ul pattern we are learning?
Both are Arabic loanwords acting as passive participles (meaning the receiver of an action), built on the ma-C1-C2-u-C3 pattern. manfur comes from the root N-F-R (related to nafrat, meaning hate), so it means hated or detested. maghzub comes from the root Gh-Z-B (related to ghazab, meaning wrath or anger), so it means one who is the target of wrath or out of favor.
Does hich-kas nemi-khahad create a double negative?
Yes, and Farsi requires this! When you use a negative word like hich-kas (nobody) or hich-chiz (nothing), the main verb must also be in its negative form. Therefore, hich-kas nemi-khahad literally translates to nobody does not want, but in English we just say nobody wants.
Why is bashad used at the end of the sentence instead of ast?
bashad is the present subjunctive form of the verb to be. It is required here because it is the second verb in a chain following nemi-khahad (does not want). In Farsi, verbs expressing desire, necessity, or doubt trigger the subjunctive mood for the following verb, translating here to wants to be.
How is the و between manfur and maghzub pronounced here?
It is pronounced as a short o, tying the two adjectives together fluidly as manfur o maghzub. In both spoken and standard Farsi, the conjunction for and is almost always pronounced this way rather than the formal va when linking words in a phrase.