آیا داری به ایستگاه مترو میروی؟âyâ dâri be istgâh metro miravi?
Are you going to the subway station?
Breakdown of آیا داری به ایستگاه مترو میروی؟
آیاâyâ
whether (question particle)
بهbe
to
رفتنraftan
to go
ایستگاهistgâh
station / stop
Questions & Answers about آیا داری به ایستگاه مترو میروی؟
How do we form the present progressive 'are you going' in this sentence?
It is built in two parts! First is the auxiliary verb داری (dâri), which comes from داشتن (to have) conjugated for 'you'. At the end of the sentence is the main verb میروی (mi-ravi), which is the present indicative for 'you go'. Together, داری ... میروی means 'you are (currently) going'.
Why are the two verbs داری and میروی separated by the rest of the sentence?
In the Farsi present progressive tense, the helping verb (داری) usually sits near the beginning of the sentence (right after the subject, if there is one), while the main verb (میروی) must stay at the very end. The preposition and destination (به ایستگاه مترو) go right in between them.
Do I always need to use آیا to ask a question like this?
No, you can easily drop it! آیا (âyâ) is a formal question marker used mostly in writing. In everyday speech, you would just start with داری and make it a question simply by raising the pitch of your voice at the end.
How would a native speaker actually say میروی in a casual conversation?
In everyday spoken Farsi, the formal written verb میروی (mi-ravi) is almost always shortened to میری (mi-ri).
How are the words for 'station' (ایستگاه) and 'subway' () connected?