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A Note on Persian Grammar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

M. Minovi
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I Remember when I was quite young, one day I heard a boy shout out to his mother:

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and the mother immediately corrected him by saying, “The rice is not a human being, , you must say ”.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , January 1942 , pp. 41 - 47
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1942

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page 45 note 1 In the case of these two, the personification is complete, as and could be none but human beings.

page 46 note 1 These two verbs seem to be wrong, as there is no justification for plural. But grammatical errors have been found even in the Qur'ān.

page 46 note 2 Although the subject is not mentioned, the Violets in are meant.

page 47 note 1 Here, is “non-committal” as it is not the peculiarity of persons with soul and will; but is a voluntary action. “It was this and that, that did so.”