امروز هیچکس در کلاس عجله نداشت و همه آرام با همدیگر صحبت میکردند.

امروز means today. In Persian, time expressions often come near the beginning of the sentence, especially when they set the scene for everything that follows.

So:

• امروز = today
• then the sentence tells you what happened today

This is very natural in Persian, just like English can say:

• Today, nobody was in a hurry...

It could sometimes appear elsewhere, but putting it first is very common.

هیچکس means no one / nobody.

Even though it refers to all people in the class in a negative way, it is grammatically treated like a singular idea in Persian, so the verb is singular:

• هیچکس ... نداشت = nobody had / no one had

This is similar to English, where we also usually say:

• Nobody was
• not Nobody were

So:

• هیچکس = nobody
• نداشت = did not have / wasn’t having

In Persian, عجله داشتن literally means to have hurry, but idiomatically it means to be in a hurry.

So:

• عجله دارد = he/she is in a hurry
• عجله نداشت = he/she was not in a hurry

This is a very common Persian pattern: a noun plus داشتن (to have) expresses a state.

So in this sentence:

• هیچکس ... عجله نداشت = no one was in a hurry

Even though the literal word-for-word structure is different from English, the natural translation is was not in a hurry.

در کلاس literally means in the class or in class.

Breakdown:

• در = in
• کلاس = class / classroom

Depending on context, English might translate it as:

• in class
• in the classroom

Persian often uses در where English might use either a fuller phrase or a more idiomatic shorter one.

Persian is generally a subject–object–verb language, so the verb usually comes at or near the end of the clause.

In this sentence:

• هیچکس در کلاس عجله نداشت
• همه آرام با همدیگر صحبت می‌کردند

In both clauses, the verb comes last:

• نداشت
• می‌کردند

That is one of the biggest word-order differences from English.

A rough structure is:

• time + subject + other information + verb

So for English speakers, one important habit is: wait for the verb at the end.

همه means everyone / all. In Persian, it commonly takes a plural verb when it clearly refers to multiple people.

So:

• همه ... صحبت می‌کردند = everyone was talking

But:

• هیچکس ... نداشت = nobody was in a hurry

So the pattern here is:

• هیچکس → usually singular verb
• همه → often plural verb when referring to people

This is normal Persian usage.

Here آرام means calmly / quietly and functions like an adverb, describing how they were speaking.

So:

• آرام صحبت می‌کردند = they were speaking calmly / quietly

In Persian, many words can function as adjectives or adverbs depending on context, without changing form.

For example:

• آرام = calm, quiet
• آرام حرف زدن / صحبت کردن = to speak calmly / quietly

So in this sentence, it tells us how everyone was talking.

با همدیگر means with each other / together.

Breakdown:

• با = with
• همدیگر = each other, one another

So:

• با همدیگر صحبت می‌کردند = they were talking with each other

It is not always strictly necessary, because صحبت کردن can already imply talking, and context may show that people are talking to one another. But adding با همدیگر makes the mutual sense clearer and more explicit.

Similar possibilities are:

• با هم = together / with each other
• با همدیگر = with each other

Both are common, though با همدیگر can sound a bit fuller or more explicit.

صحبت می‌کردند is a compound verb, which is extremely common in Persian.

Breakdown:

• صحبت = conversation, speech, talking
• کردند = they did
• می‌کردند = they were doing / used to do

Together:

• صحبت کردن = to talk, to converse
• صحبت می‌کردند = they were talking

Persian often builds verbs this way:

• noun or adjective + a light verb such as کردن, شدن, زدن, etc.

So instead of one simple verb meaning to converse, Persian often uses the compound verb صحبت کردن.

The prefix می‌ often marks imperfective meaning in Persian. In past contexts, it usually gives the sense of:

• was/were doing
• or sometimes used to do

So:

• کردند = they did
• می‌کردند = they were doing / used to do

In this sentence:

• صحبت می‌کردند = they were talking

That fits the scene-setting feeling of the whole sentence: it describes an ongoing situation in the classroom.

Also, in careful writing, it is usually written with a half-space:

• می‌کردند

You may also see it written informally as:

• میکردند

Both are understood, but می‌کردند is the standard spelling.

They are both in the past, but they work slightly differently.

1. نداشت

This is the past of داشتن with negation:

• داشت = he/she had
• نداشت = he/she did not have

Because عجله داشتن means to be in a hurry, عجله نداشت means:

• was not in a hurry

2. صحبت می‌کردند

This is the past imperfect / past continuous type form:

• می‌کردند = they were doing / used to do
• صحبت می‌کردند = they were talking

Why are they used together?

Persian often uses these forms together naturally to describe a past scene:

• one clause describes a state: nobody was in a hurry
• the other describes an ongoing action: everyone was talking calmly

So the sentence paints a background situation, not a single sudden event.

Yes, depending on context, آرام can suggest:

• calmly
• quietly
• softly

So this part could be understood in slightly different but related ways:

• everyone was talking calmly
• everyone was talking quietly
• everyone was speaking softly with each other

The exact nuance depends on the situation. If the scene is a classroom where nobody is rushed, calmly or quietly both fit well.

A very helpful way to read it is in chunks:

• امروز = today
• هیچکس در کلاس عجله نداشت = nobody in the class was in a hurry
• و = and
• همه آرام با همدیگر صحبت می‌کردند = everyone was talking calmly with each other

This chunking helps because Persian learners often try to translate word by word. It is usually better to read it as meaningful groups instead.