Breakdown of آیا کتابخانه دیشب باز بود؟
بودنbudan
to be
بازbâz
open
آیاâyâ
whether (question particle)
دیشبdishab
last night
کتابخانهketâbkhâne
library
Questions & Answers about آیا کتابخانه دیشب باز بود؟
Why is the verb bud at the very end of the sentence?
In Farsi, verbs almost always go at the very end of the sentence. bud is the simple past tense verb meaning "was" for a third-person singular subject (he, she, or it). Since the subject here is the library ("it"), we use bud.
Do I always have to use âyâ to ask a yes or no question?
Not at all. In everyday spoken Farsi, people usually drop âyâ completely. You can just say ketâbxâne dišab bâz bud? and raise the tone of your voice at the end to show it is a question. âyâ is mostly used in formal speech or writing to clearly signal that a question is coming.
Is ketâbxâne made up of two different words?
Yes! It is a compound word. ketâb means "book" and xâne means "house" or "home". When you put them together to make a "book house", it means "library".
Why does dišab (last night) come in the middle of the sentence instead of at the end?
Unlike English, which usually puts time words at the very end of the sentence, Farsi generally places time words early on. They typically go right after the subject. So the literal word order here is "Subject + Time + Adjective + Verb" (ketâbxâne dišab bâz bud).
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