Breakdown of ماشین در تعمیرگاه است چون او تصادف کرد.
است
is
او
he/she
ماشینmâshin
car
درdar
in
چونchon
because
تعمیرگاهta'mirgâh
repair shop
تصادف کردنtasâdof kardan
to have an accident
Questions & Answers about ماشین در تعمیرگاه است چون او تصادف کرد.
How does the word chon connect the two parts of this sentence?
The word chon (because) is a conjunction used to show the reason for something. Just like in English, it sits right between the main event (mashin dar tamirgah ast) and the reason it happened (u tasadof kard).
Why is 'had an accident' translated as tasadof kard? Doesn't kard mean 'did'?
Yes, it does! Farsi uses compound verbs a lot. Instead of saying someone 'had' an accident, Farsi says they 'did' an accident. tasadof means 'accident' or 'collision', and kard means 'he/she did'.
What does the ending of the word tamirgah (repair shop) mean?
The suffix -gah means 'place'. When added to tamir (repair), it creates tamirgah, literally meaning 'repair place'. You will see -gah attached to many other words to describe locations in Farsi.
The English translation says 'he', but how do we know u doesn't mean 'she'?
We actually don't know just from this sentence! The Farsi pronoun u is gender-neutral and means both 'he' and 'she'. The translation says 'he' just to pick one, but it could easily mean 'she' depending on who you are talking about in a real conversation.
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