Breakdown of هر زندانی حق دارد که غذا بخورد.
غذاghazâ
food
خوردنkhordan
to eat / to drink
هرhar
every
کهke
that (conjunction)
زندانیzendâni
prisoner
حق داشتنhaq dâshtan
to have the right, to be right
Questions & Answers about هر زندانی حق دارد که غذا بخورد.
Why does this sentence use hagh dârad instead of ejâze dârad from this lesson?
While ejâze dârad means "is allowed", hagh dârad means "has the right". Both phrases work exactly the same way grammatically: they are followed by ke (that) and a second verb in the present subjunctive form.
Why is the noun zendâni (prisoner) in the singular form if we are talking about all prisoners?
The word har means "every" or "each". In Farsi, har is always followed by a singular noun, just like in English we say "every prisoner" instead of "every prisoners".
Do I always have to use the word ke in sentences like this?
Not always! In spoken Farsi, people often drop ke (that/to) and just say ... hagh dârad ghazâ bekhorad. However, including it is completely natural and helps structure the sentence while you are learning to link verbs.
How did we get the form bekhorad (eat)?
Because of the phrase hagh dârad (has the right), the next verb must be in the present subjunctive. To make this, we take the present stem of khordan (to eat), which is khor. Then we add the be- prefix and the third-person singular ending -ad (because the prisoner is a "he/she"), resulting in bekhorad.
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