Breakdown of دوچرخه دارد در پیادهرو میرود.
دوچرخهdocharkhe
bicycle
درdar
in
رفتنraftan
to go
پیادهروpiyâde-ro
sidewalk
Questions & Answers about دوچرخه دارد در پیادهرو میرود.
How do we form the present progressive ("is going") in this sentence?
To say an action is happening right exactly now, Farsi uses the present tense of dâshtan (to have) as a helper verb, paired with the main verb in the present indicative. Here, dârad matches the third-person subject docharkheh (bicycle), and mi-ravad is the main verb "goes". Together, dârad ... mi-ravad means "is going".
Why are dârad and mi-ravad separated by the words for "in the sidewalk"?
In Farsi, the helper verb (dârad) usually comes early in the predicate, right after the subject. The main verb (mi-ravad) stays in its normal place at the very end of the sentence. Any other details, like where the action is happening (dar piyâdeh-row), get sandwiched between the two verbs.
The English translation says "along the sidewalk", but doesn't dar usually mean "in"?
Yes, dar most commonly means "in". However, in Farsi, you ride or walk "in" a street (dar khiyâbân) or sidewalk (dar piyâdeh-row), whereas in English we say "on" or "along". You will see dar used frequently like this for paths of travel.
Does the word for sidewalk, piyâdeh-row, have a literal meaning?
Yes! It is a compound made of piyâdeh (meaning "on foot" or "pedestrian") and row (the present stem of raftan, meaning "to go"). So a piyâdeh-row is literally a "pedestrian-going" place.
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