Persian to Cyrillic Mongolian: without something does not cancel the event
A Persian visit can happen without a message being left
The Texas Persian past-perfect discussion includes an example translated as someone had come there without leaving any messages. The visit is presented as having happened; leaving a message is what did not occur. A Mongolian translation must not move that absence onto the visit and imply that nobody came.
This distinction is practical in a note explaining an unexplained visit. Someone may have arrived without leaving information about why they came. If the target denies arrival altogether, it contradicts the event being reported. The source’s negative circumstance needs to retain its own scope within the larger positive account.
Mongolian -гүй can express an absent participant or resource
The Tokyo University of Foreign Studies lesson presents -гүй attached to nominal material to express absence. Its example Би үүнийг толь бичиггүй орчууллаа means I translated this without a dictionary. The translation event still occurs; the dictionary is the missing resource. The sentence does not by itself establish whether the finished translation was accurate or inaccurate. This is a useful model for separating absence from the existence of an event.
The lesson also illustrates мөнгөгүй, without money. A target expression of this kind does not automatically mean that the person does nothing or that no journey takes place. It identifies something lacking in the situation. That distinction helps preserve the Persian account’s positive event while expressing the relevant missing accompaniment or result.
However, the Persian message about not leaving a note contains an omitted action as well as an absent result. It should not be translated by mechanically attaching -гүй to whichever Mongolian noun appears closest. The target must make clear whether a resource was unavailable, an accompaniment was absent, or a particular action was not performed.
Keep the missing thing connected to the right event
The Mongolian dictionary-free translation example can help diagnose the difference. Without using a dictionary is compatible with completing the translation; not translating is a different assertion. Similarly, without leaving a message is compatible with completing the visit. The lack concerns the associated circumstance, rather than automatically negating the main event.
This also affects a follow-up question. Asking why the visitor left no message presupposes a different problem from asking whether the visitor came at all. A Persian source that reports the first situation should not produce a Mongolian reply organized around the second merely because both descriptions contain negative meaning.
For this direction, identify the event that the Persian statement affirms and the narrower circumstance it excludes. Then choose a Mongolian construction that preserves both contributions in Cyrillic writing. An absence expression can be central to the message without being a denial of the main action, and target negative morphology must remain attached to that intended interpretation.
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