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### The Verb رسیدن

The verb **رسیدن** literally means "to arrive" or "to reach." It has a past stem (**رسید**) and a present stem (**رس**).

While you have likely used it for physical travel, formal Farsi frequently uses it as a "light verb" to describe abstract destinations and processes.

### Culminating Events

In formal contexts such as diplomatic negotiations, science, and project management, you can express the culmination or completion of an event by combining the preposition **به** (to) + an abstract noun + **رسیدن**.

For example, instead of simply saying a project "finished," you say it "reached completion" (**به اتمام رسیدن**). Instead of saying two sides "agreed," they "reached a consensus" (**به اجماع رسیدن**). 

To use these phrases in different tenses, you only conjugate **رسیدن**.

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### Passive Meanings: Proof and Registration

Many of these **به ... رسیدن** compounds effectively function as passive verbs in English. For example, "arriving at proof" (**به اثبات رسیدن**) translates naturally as "to be proven," and "arriving at registration" (**به ثبت رسیدن**) means "to be registered."

Similarly, negotiations might hit a wall, or "reach a deadlock" (**به بن‌بست رسیدن**).

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### States of Mind

This structure is not just for external projects and treaties; it can also describe reaching an internal state, such as arriving at an absolute conviction or certainty (**یقین**).

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Culminating formal verbs (rasidan)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

suffix

verb

Singular pronouns and copula (man, -am)

Plural pronouns and copula (mâ, -im)

Subject pronoun omission

Singular demonstratives (in, ân)

Plural demonstratives (inhâ, ânhâ)

Independent copula (hastam, hast)

Negative present copula (nistam, nist)

Yes/No questions (âyâ)

Regular plurals (-hâ)

Animate plurals (-ân)

Indefiniteness (yek)

Indefinite marker (-i)

Describing nouns (-e / -ye)

Possession (-e / -ye)

Singular possessives (-am, -at, -ash)

Plural possessives (-emân, -etân, -eshân)

Basic prepositions (dar, be, az, bâ)

Spatial prepositions (ru-ye, zir-e...)

Numbers 1 to 10 (yek, do, se...)

Numbers and singular nouns

Numbers 11 to 20 (yâzdah, davâzdah...)

Counting by tens to 100

Telling time (sâ'at)

The verb to have (dâram)

Negative to have (nadâram)

Basic word order (SOV)

Infinitives and present stems (-an)

Present indicative (mi-)

Negative present indicative (nemi-)

Compound verbs

Question words (che, kojâ)

How many (chand)

The definite object marker (râ)

Object pronouns (man râ, to râ)

Singular commands (be-)

Formal and plural commands (be- ... -id)

Negative commands (na-)

The present subjunctive (be-)

The negative present subjunctive (na-)

Must (bâyad)

Might (shâyad)

Wanting to do something (khâstan)

Being able to do something (tavânestan)

Forming the past stem

The simple past of to be (budan)

The simple past tense

Negative simple past (na-)

Attached object pronouns on verbs (-am, -at, -ash)

Comparative adjectives (-tar)

Basic conjunctions (va, ammâ, yâ)

Giving reasons (chon)

Adverbs of frequency and degree (hamishe, hargez, kheyli, kam)

Everyday actions (kâr kardan, bâz kardan)

Non-human plural subjects

Indefinite pronouns (kasi, chizi, jâyi)

Negative indefinite pronouns (hich-kas, hich-chiz, hich-jâ)

Reciprocal pronouns (hamdigar, yekdigar)

Reflexive pronouns (khod-)

Reflexive direct objects (khod râ)

Emphatic pronouns (khod)

The quantifier every (har)

The quantifier all (hame)

The quantifier some (ba'zi)

Another and other (-i digar)

Which (kodâm)

How much (cheghadr)

Comparisons of equality (mesl-e)

Superlative adjectives (-tarin)

Irregular comparatives and superlatives

Ordinal numbers (-om)

Pre-nominal ordinal numbers (-omin)

Fractions and percentages

Prepositions of theme (dar mored-e)

Prepositions of time (ghabl az, ba'd az)

Preposition of exclusion (bedun-e)

Resultative conjunctions (banâbarin, pas)

Hortative construction (biyâ, biyâyid)

The present progressive tense (dâram mi-)

The past continuous tense (mi-)

Negative past continuous (ne-mi-)

Past continuous of to have (dâshtam)

The past progressive tense (dâshtam mi-)

The past participle (-e)

Present perfect tense (-e-am, -e-ast)

Negative present perfect (na-)

Question	Answer
draft	پیش‌نویسpish-nevis
treaty	معاهدهmo'âhede
completion	اتمامetmâm
The draft of the treaty will be completed tomorrow.	فردا پیش‌نویس این معاهده به اتمام خواهد رسید.fardâ pish-nevis-e in mo'âhede be etmâm khâhad rasid.
both parties / sides	طرفینtarafeyn
operation / exploitation (utilization of resources or facilities)	بهره‌برداریbahre-bardâri
consensus	اجماعejmâ'
Both parties reached a consensus before the operation of the bridge.	طرفین قبل از بهره‌برداری از پل به اجماع رسیدند.tarafein qabl az bahre-bardâri az pol be ejmâ' residand.
As a result, the new power plant becomes operational today.	در نتیجه، نیروگاه جدید امروز به بهره‌برداری می‌رسد.dar natije, nirugâh jadid emruz be bahre-bardâri miresad.
proof	اثباتesbât
Therefore, will this theory be proven?	بنابراین، آیا این نظریه به اثبات خواهد رسید؟banâbarin, âyâ in nazarie be esbât khâhad rasid?
His crime was proven in court.	جرم او در دادگاه به اثبات رسید.jorm-e u dar dâdgâh be esbât resid.
deadlock / impasse	بن‌بستbon-bast
Did both parties reach a deadlock without a consensus?	آیا طرفین بدون اجماع به بن‌بست رسیدند؟âyâ tarafein bedun-e ejmâ' be bonbast residand?
registration	ثبتsabt
certainty (absolute conviction)	یقینyaqin
The ambassador became certain after the registration of the treaty.	سفیر بعد از ثبت معاهده به یقین رسید.safir ba'd az sabt-e mo'âhede be yaghin rasid.
Finally, the ownership of the project was registered.	نهایتاً، مالکیت پروژه به ثبت رسید.nahâyatan, mâlekiyyat-e porozhe be sabt rasid.
Today, the draft of the agreement was completed.	امروز پیش‌نویس توافق‌نامه به اتمام رسید.emruz pish-nevis-e tavâfoq-nâme be etmâm rasid.
We reached the certainty that the negotiations reached a deadlock.	ما به این یقین رسیدیم که مذاکرات به بن‌بست رسید.mâ be in yaqin residim ke mozâkerât be bon-bast resid.

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