Word
اتوبوس دارد به ایستگاه میرسد.
Meaning
The bus is arriving at the station.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of اتوبوس دارد به ایستگاه میرسد.
بهbe
to
رسیدنrasidan
to arrive
اتوبوسotobus
bus
ایستگاهistgâh
station / stop
Questions & Answers about اتوبوس دارد به ایستگاه میرسد.
Why is دارد separated from the main verb میرسد?
In Farsi, the present progressive uses a conjugated form of داشتن (to have) as a helper verb. Here, دارد works with the main verb میرسد. Notice that the helper verb دارد comes right after the subject (اتوبوس), while the main verb میرسد stays at the very end of the sentence. They bracket the other details like the destination (به ایستگاه).
What is the infinitive of the verb میرسد?
The infinitive is رسیدن (to arrive or to reach). To form the present tense part of this progressive structure, we use its present stem (رس), add the prefix میـ, and attach the 3rd-person singular ending ـد to match اتوبوس.
Why do we use به (to) instead of در (in/at) for arriving at a place?
In English, we usually say we arrive 'at' or 'in' a place. But in Farsi, the verb رسیدن (to arrive) indicates motion towards a destination, so it almost always pairs with the preposition به (to). Literally, the sentence says the bus is arriving 'to' the station.
The translation says 'The bus', but there is no word for 'the' in the Farsi sentence. Why?