Question 1

Why does the seemingly singular noun personel take the plural verb kâr kardand?

Accepted Answer

Personel is a loanword from French that functions as a collective noun referring to staff or employees. In Farsi, collective nouns referring to groups of people often take a plural verb, similar to saying 'the staff were working' in English.

Question 2

The lesson focuses on be esthesnâ-ye (with the exception of). How does sarf-e nazar az compare to it?

Accepted Answer

Both are formal prepositional phrases used to exclude or bypass something, but they have different meanings and grammar. Sarf-e nazar az means 'regardless of' or 'irrespective of' (literally 'turning one's view from'). Grammatically, it requires the preposition az (from) to connect to the following noun, whereas be esthesnâ uses the ezafe vowel (-ye).

Question 3

Could I use be esthesnâ-ye instead of sarf-e nazar az in this sentence?

Accepted Answer

No, the meaning would become illogical. Saying personel be esthesnâ-ye mamnu'iyyat kâr kardand means 'The personnel worked with the exception of the ban.' You need sarf-e nazar az here to express that they worked ignoring the ban, rather than excluding the ban from a list of things.

Question 4

How is the noun mamnu'iyyat formed?

Accepted Answer

It is built by taking the adjective mamnu' (forbidden or banned) and adding the Arabic-derived suffix -iyyat. This suffix is very commonly used in formal Farsi to turn adjectives into abstract nouns, similar to '-ity' or '-tion' in English.

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