Grammar objective: Adverbials of negation Level: Beginning Style: Standard Iranian Persian (Teherani) Sources: Native persian speaker and other resources, see at the bottom (I didnt have time to transcribe all Words to persian and make examples, so you can add comments to supplement this post) Forms: - Negation of statements i) na - نه Example: * Are you thirsty? - teshne hasti? تشنه هستی ؟ No - na نه ii) nakheir (emphatic no) - حچد example: * will you come to my house? - be khooneye man miayi? not at all - nakheir iii) kheir (formal) - خير example: * khaste hastid? - Are you tired? No – kheir iv) noch (very informal) - نُچ Negation in Persian for verbs utilizes the following prefixes: v) na + verb Do you have time to watch a movie with me? - vaght daari ke baa ham film bebinim? No, I don’t / No, I don’t have time / I don’t have - na, nadaaram / na, vaght nadaaram / man nadaaram vi) ne + verb Can you speak Norwegian? I can’t - man nemitoonam vii) ni + verb ni is an old persian negation prefix and is used only with boodan in present tense example: * are u single? - mojarrad hasti? No, I am not – na, nistam Other adverbials of negation: viii) nobody – hich kas (also the name of a rap music group) هیچکس ix) never – hargez هرگز x) neither, nor – na, na نه ، نه xi) nowhere – hache jaa هیچ جا xii) bi – without بی Example: * without hope نومید - Negation examples from the song gol pari joon (naaz kardan): * shohar daari? – do you have husband? شوهر داری ؟ nakheyr! نخیر ! * miyaay berim? - Do you come? میای بریم ؟ nemiyaam - I don’t come نمیام * cheraa nemiyaay?- why you don’t come? چرا نمیای؟ nemikhaam!- I don’t want نمیخوام ! * zanam mishi? - Would you be my wife? زنم میشی ؟ nemisham!- I wouldn’t ! نمیشم * cheraa nemishi?- why you wouldn’t ? چرا نمیشی ؟ * nemigam!- I wouldn’t say نمیگم * aakhe dustet daaram man– I love you آخه دوستت دارم من alaki - nonsense الکی * mikhaam buset konam man – I want to kiss you میخوام بوست کنم من * bikhod! - you don’t have right بیخود !! * biyaa beshin kenaaram - come to sit beside me بیا بشین کنارم e! nakon - don´t إ نکن ! * mikhaam luset konam man- I want to make you spoony میخوام لوست کنم من por ru - saucy پررو References: jahanshiri.ir/fa/en/verb-negation.php (located 18.10.2014) https://facebook/notes/odyssevs-sofokleus/gol-pari-joon/1477063319240773 (located 18.10.2014) forum.wordreference/showthread.php?t=2415469 (located 18.10.2014
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 12:22:16 +0000
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