Breakdown of او برنامهی رفتن به کلاس دارد.
او
he/she
کلاسkelâs
class / classroom
بهbe
to
داشتنdâshtan
to have
برنامهbarnâme
plan / program (show) / app / application (software)
رفتنraftan
to go
Questions & Answers about او برنامهی رفتن به کلاس دارد.
Why is the infinitive رفتن (raftan) used here instead of a conjugated verb?
In Farsi, infinitives like رفتن act like nouns, similar to the "-ing" words in English (like "going"). The phrase برنامهی رفتن literally translates to "the plan of going." Because برنامه (plan) describes the action itself rather than a specific person doing it right now, we connect the noun directly to the infinitive using an ezāfe.
How do I extract the present stem from the infinitive رفتن (raftan)?
رفتن is an irregular verb. This means you cannot just drop the -tan ending to find its present stem. The present stem for this verb is رو (rav). You will need to memorize this stem because it looks different from the infinitive, and you will use it later to build present tense verbs like "he goes".
Why does برنامه (barname) have a ی (ye) attached to the end of it?
The word for plan is برنامه (barname), which ends in an "e" vowel sound. To link it to the next word (رفتن) using the ezāfe (which translates loosely to "of"), we must add a "y" sound to bridge the two vowels smoothly. Therefore, it gets a ی added in writing and is pronounced barname-ye.
Why is دارد (darad) placed all the way at the end of the sentence?
Farsi is a Subject-Object-Verb language. The subject او (he) comes at the beginning, and the main conjugated verb دارد (has) must wait until the very end. Everything else, including the entire phrase "plan of going to class", gets sandwiched in the middle.
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