Breakdown of هیچچیز انعکاس حقیقت را متوقف نکرد.
راrâ
definite direct object marker
هیچچیزhich chiz
nothing
حقیقتhaqiqat
truth
متوقف کردنmotevaqqef kardan
to stop (transitive)
Questions & Answers about هیچچیز انعکاس حقیقت را متوقف نکرد.
How does انعکاس fit the 'enfe'âl' pattern from this lesson, and what is its root?
انعکاس (en'ekâs) means "reflection" and follows the en-C1-e-C2-â-C3 pattern. The root consonants are ع-ک-س ('-k-s), which relate to reversal or the opposite (as seen in عکس, meaning photo or opposite). This Arabic pattern typically carries a passive or reflexive meaning, representing the truth "being reflected" or "bouncing back."
Why does the verb نکرد have a negative prefix if the subject is already هیچچیز (nothing)?
Farsi uses negative concord, often called a double negative. Whenever you use a negative word like هیچچیز (nothing), هیچکس (nobody), or هیچوقت (never), the main verb must also be negated. While translating it word-for-word into English yields "Nothing did not stop," in Farsi, this is the standard way to say "Nothing stopped."
Why is the object marker را placed after حقیقت rather than right after the action's target, انعکاس?
The word را (râ) must follow the entire direct object noun phrase, not just the head noun. Because "the reflection of the truth" is a single phrase joined by the unseen ezafe vowel (انعکاسِ حقیقت), placing را in the middle of it would break the grammatical link. It marks the whole concept as the definite object of the verb.
How does the compound verb متوقف کردن function here compared to other ways of saying "to stop"?
متوقف کردن specifically means "to stop something else" (it is transitive). This is why it takes a direct object marked by . If you wanted to say that something came to a halt on its own (intransitive), you would swap the auxiliary verb (to do) with (to become) to make (to stop / to come to a halt).