Breakdown of او میتواند خیلی خوب نقاشی بکشد.
او
he/she
خیلی
very / many (of)
توانستنtavânestan
to be able to
خوبkhub
well / good
نقاشی کشیدنnaghghâshi keshidan
to draw / to paint
Questions & Answers about او میتواند خیلی خوب نقاشی بکشد.
Why does the second verb have be- attached to it (bekeshad)?
In Farsi, when you use a modal verb like "can" (mitavânad), the second verb must be in the subjunctive form. For most verbs, this means adding the prefix be- to the present stem. Here, the stem is kesh- (from kashidan), so with the "he/she" ending it becomes bekeshad.
What is the literal translation of naqqâshi bekeshad?
The dictionary form is naqqâshi kashidan, which literally means "to pull a painting". In Farsi, compound verbs are very common, and the verb kashidan (to pull/drag) is the standard verb used with naqqâshi to mean drawing or painting.
Why are the two verbs (mitavânad and bekeshad) separated from each other?
Farsi normally puts the main verb at the very end of the sentence. When you have a modal verb like "can", the modal (mitavânad) acts as the main verb of the main clause, coming before the object (naqqâshi), while the subjunctive action verb (bekeshad) gets pushed to the very end of the sentence.
How do we know if u means "he" or "she" here?
The pronoun u is completely gender-neutral. You usually figure out whether it means "he" or "she" from the wider context of the conversation. Here, it is translated as "she" but it could just as easily mean "he".
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