Breakdown of در هوای مهآلود، فرود آمدن امکان ندارد.
درdar
in
هواhavâ
weather
مهآلودmehâlud
foggy
فرود آمدنforud âmadan
to land
Questions & Answers about در هوای مهآلود، فرود آمدن امکان ندارد.
Why does this sentence use the infinitive فرود آمدن instead of the present subjunctive taught in this lesson?
Impersonal phrases usually take the subjunctive when there is a specific subject doing the action (like "It's impossible that the plane lands"). However, when talking about a general, abstract action without a specific subject, Farsi uses the infinitive as a noun. It works exactly like the "-ing" word in the English translation "landing."
What is the difference between using امکان ندارد and ممکن نیست?
They are completely interchangeable in everyday speech and both mean "it is impossible." The only difference is grammatical: امکان (emkân) is a noun meaning "possibility," so the phrase literally means "it has no possibility." On the other hand, ممکن (momken) is an adjective, so ممکن نیست literally translates to "it is not possible."
How is the word مهآلود formed?
It is made of the noun مه (meh), meaning "fog," and the suffix آلود (-âlud), meaning "covered in" or "tainted with." This is a very common suffix you will also see in words like خوابآلود (khâb-âlud) for "sleepy" or گردآلود (gard-âlud) for "dusty."
Can I put امکان ندارد at the beginning of the sentence, the way we usually do with ممکن است?
You could, but it sounds much more natural at the end here. Because فرود آمدن is acting as a noun (the subject of the sentence), Farsi's standard Subject-Object-Verb word order naturally places the verb phrase امکان ندارد at the very end. If you were using a "that" clause with a subjunctive verb instead of an infinitive, you would typically place the impersonal expression at the beginning.