Breakdown of خواهرم هفتهی گذشته سینما بود.
بودنbudan
to be
خواهرkhâhar
sister
هفتهhafte
week
گذشتهgozashte
past / last
سینماsinemâ
cinema
Questions & Answers about خواهرم هفتهی گذشته سینما بود.
Why is the verb بود used here without any ending attached?
بود (bud) is the simple past tense of the verb "to be" for "he, she, or it was". In Farsi, the third-person singular in the past tense doesn't take any extra personal endings. Since the subject is "my sister" (she), we just use the bare past stem بود.
There is no word for "at" or "in" before سینما. Is that normal?
Yes! In English we say "at the cinema", but in Farsi, when you are talking about being at a common location (like the cinema, home, or work), you can often completely drop the preposition. You just say the place followed by the verb: سینما بود (literally: "cinema was").
Why does the word for week, هفته, have a ی added to the end of it?
This is the "ezāfe" (the connector sound that links a noun to a describing word). It links هفته (week) to گذشته (last/past). Because هفته ends in a silent "h" sound (the letter ه), we must add a written ی (ye) to bridge the two words smoothly. This gives us هفتهی گذشته (hafte-ye gozashte).
How is "my sister" formed in the word خواهرم?
The base word for sister is خواهر (khaahar). Instead of using a separate word for "my", Farsi attaches the possessive suffix ـَم (-am) right onto the end of the noun. Together, they make خواهرم (khaaharam).
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