Word
گاهی ما با آن همبازی کوچک تاب میخوردیم.
Meaning
Sometimes we used to swing with that little playmate.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about گاهی ما با آن همبازی کوچک تاب میخوردیم.
How does میخوردیم fit the past continuous rule we are learning?
It perfectly follows the rule: the prefix می (mi-) + the past stem خورد (xord) + the "we" ending یم (-im). The past stem is just the infinitive خوردن (xordan) without the final ن (n).
The translation says "used to swing", but doesn't the past continuous usually mean "were swinging"?
It can mean both! In Farsi, the past continuous is used for ongoing actions in the past ("we were swinging") AND repeated or habitual actions in the past ("we used to swing"). The word گاهی (sometimes) makes "used to swing" the most natural translation here.
Doesn't خوردن (xordan) mean "to eat"? Why is it used here?
Yes, خوردن means "to eat", but here it is part of the compound verb تاب خوردن (tâb xordan), which means "to swing" (literally "to eat a swing"). In compound verbs, you only conjugate the verbal part (the second word), which is why تاب stays the same and خوردن changes to میخوردیم.
How is the word همبازی (playmate) formed?
It is made of هم (ham), meaning "together" or "same", and بازی (bâzi), meaning "play" or "game". The prefix هم is very common in Farsi for showing association, like in همکار (hamkâr - colleague).