Breakdown of آنها از این شانس خبر نداشتند.
آنها
they
این
this
ازaz
from
شانسshâns
luck
خبر داشتنkhabar dâshtan
to know about, to be aware (of)
Questions & Answers about آنها از این شانس خبر نداشتند.
This lesson is about using که (that) with verbs of knowing. Why isn't که used here?
We use که to connect a verb of knowing to a whole new phrase with its own verb, like "They didn't know که (that) they were lucky." But here, they just didn't know about a thing (the noun phrase: "this stroke of luck"). Because there is no second verb to connect to, we skip که and just use a preposition.
Why does this sentence use از (from) to mean "about"?
The sentence uses the compound verb خبر داشتن (literally "to have news") to mean "to know". In Farsi, when you have news about something, you use the preposition از (from). So, the literal translation of this phrase is "They didn't have news from this luck."
Is the word شانس related to the English word "chance"?
Yes! It is a loanword from French ("chance"), and it means "luck" or "chance" in Farsi. You'll often see it in common compound adjectives like خوششانس (lucky, literally "good-luck") or بدشانس (unlucky).
How is the verb نداشتند formed?
It comes from the infinitive داشتن (to have). The نـ at the beginning makes it negative (did not have), and the ـند at the end is the past-tense ending for "they". Together with the noun خبر, it creates the meaning "they didn't know".
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