Word
چرا دوستش غایب بود؟
Meaning
Why was his friend absent?
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about چرا دوستش غایب بود؟
Why is the verb بود (bud) used here?
بود means "was". It is the simple past tense of the verb "to be" for the third-person singular (he/she/it). Since the subject is دوستش (his friend), we use بود. Notice that for this specific form, it is just the bare stem with no extra personal ending attached to it!
Where is the word for "his" in دوستش?
It is attached right to the end of the noun! The word دوست means "friend", and the suffix -ش (-esh) means "his", "her", or "its". Because Farsi does not use gendered pronouns, دوستش could also mean "her friend" depending on the context of the conversation.
How do you pronounce the connection between دوست and the -ش suffix?
You use a short "e" sound to connect them, making it "dust-esh". This invisible connecting vowel is always used when attaching these possessive pronoun suffixes to a word ending in a consonant, helping the word flow smoothly.
Why doesn't the word order change to make this a question?
In English, we swap words around to ask a question ("his friend was" becomes "was his friend"). Farsi keeps things simple! You just put the question word چرا (why) at the beginning, and the verb بود stays at the very end of the sentence, just like it would in a regular statement.