Learn Farsi: دزدیدن پول از بانک اشتباه است. - Stealing money from the bank is a mistake.

In Farsi, all infinitives end in -dan or -tan. To find the past stem, simply drop the final -an from the infinitive. For دزدیدن (dozdidan), removing the -an leaves you with the past stem دزدید (dozdid). You will use this stem to build past tense verbs!

The English translation says 'stealing', but دزدیدن means 'to steal'. Why use the infinitive here?

In Farsi, the full infinitive form of a verb can act as a noun to describe an activity. So while English uses an '-ing' word like 'stealing', Farsi just uses the infinitive دزدیدن (to steal) to mean the act of doing it.

Is there a hidden linking sound between 'stealing' (دزدیدن) and 'money' (پول)?

Yes, there is! To connect 'stealing' and 'money', Farsi uses a short 'e' sound called the ezafe. Even though it is not written in the Farsi text, you pronounce it as dozdidan-e pul to show that the stealing applies to the money.

Why does the verb است (is) come at the end instead of after the subject like in English?

Farsi sentences usually follow a Subject-Object-Verb order. Because of this rule, the verb است (ast), meaning 'is', is placed at the very end of the sentence.