The Present Perfect Passive
When reporting recent news, local infrastructure changes, or public announcements, you will frequently describe current states that are the result of completed passive actions (like a road that has been closed or a budget that has been sent). Farsi expresses this using the Present Perfect Passive.
For simple verbs, you form this by combining the past participle of the main verb (Past Stem + ه) with the present perfect of شدن (to become/to get). Because official news often centers on a single event or entity, the third-person singular شده است is the most common auxiliary.
| The new bridge has been built on the highway. | پل جدید روی بزرگراه ساخته شده است.pol-e jadid ru-ye bozorgrâh sâkhte shode ast. |
| A temporary restriction has been placed for this road. | یک محدودیت موقت برای این جاده گذاشته شده است.yek mahdudiyyat movaqqat barâye in jâdde gozâshte shode ast. |
Compound Verbs
Just as with other tenses, Farsi news heavily utilizes compound verbs formed with کردن (to do). To make these verbs passive, you do not need to create a past participle. Simply replace the active کردن with the passive شده است.
| A new announcement has been published for the people. | یک اعلامیهی جدید برای مردم منتشر شده است.yek e'lâmiye-ye jadid barâye mardom montasher shode ast. |
| A restriction that has been announced for this road is temporary. | محدودیتی که برای این جاده اعلام شده است، موقت است.mahdudiyati ke barâye in jâdde e'lâm shode ast, movaqqat ast. |
Negation and Plural Subjects
To negate the present perfect passive, apply the negative prefix نـ directly to the auxiliary verb, turning شده است into نشده است.
| The public budget has not been sent yet. | بودجهی عمومی هنوز فرستاده نشده است.boodje-ye omumi hanuz ferestâde nashode ast. |
Remember that in Farsi grammar, plural inanimate subjects—such as roads, documents, or buildings—usually take a singular verb. When talking about multiple highways or announcements, the passive verb will remain in the singular شده است (or نشده است).
| The highways have been closed due to the storm. | بزرگراهها به دلیل طوفان بسته شده است.bozorgrâh-hâ be dalil-e tufân baste shode ast. |
| Some of the announcements have not been sent to the journalists yet. | بعضی از اعلامیهها هنوز برای روزنامهنگارها فرستاده نشده است.ba'zi az e'lâmiye-hâ hanuz barâye ruznâme-negâr-hâ ferestâde nashode ast. |