Breakdown of پلیس دارد به چهارراه میآید.
بهbe
to
آمدنâmadan
to come
پلیسpolis
police
چهارراهchahârrâh
intersection
Questions & Answers about پلیس دارد به چهارراه میآید.
How is the present progressive tense used in this sentence?
To show that an action is happening right now, Farsi uses the present tense of داشتن (to have) as a helper verb, paired with the main verb in the present tense. Here, دارد acts as the helper and میآید is the main verb (coming). Notice how they are separated: the helper verb usually goes right after the subject (پلیس), while the main verb stays at the very end of the sentence.
Why are the verbs singular (دارد and میآید) if the English translation says "The police are"?
In Farsi, collective nouns like پلیس (police) or خانواده (family) usually take singular verbs because they are treated as a single unit or group. While English treats "police" as plural ("the police are coming"), Farsi translates more literally to "the police force is coming".
What is the literal translation of the word for "intersection"?
The word چهارراه is made of two simpler words you likely already know: چهار (four) and راه (way or road). It literally means a "four-way", which is the standard Farsi term for an intersection or crossroads.
Why does the main verb میآید have an آ (alef with a hat) in the middle?
The infinitive of the verb is آمدن (to come) and its present stem is آی. When we add the prefix می to verbs that start with an "â" sound, we keep that special آ. It is written as to clearly show the prefix joining the root verb.