Breakdown of دانشآموزان بعد از مدرسه قایمموشک بازی میکردند.
مدرسهmadrese
school
دانشآموزdânesh-âmuz
student
بازی کردنbâzi kardan
to play
بعد ازba'd az
after (time)
قایمموشکqâyem-mushak
hide-and-seek
Questions & Answers about دانشآموزان بعد از مدرسه قایمموشک بازی میکردند.
How is the verb بازی میکردند built in this sentence to mean "used to play"?
This is the Past Continuous tense of the compound verb بازی کردن (to play). To form it, keep the first part (بازی), then add the prefix می (mi-), the past stem of the verb کردن which is کرد (kard), and the "they" ending ـند (-and).
The English translation says "used to play", but could بازی میکردند also mean "were playing"?
Yes! The Past Continuous tense in Farsi can describe a habitual action in the past ("used to play") or an action that was ongoing at a specific time in the past ("were playing"). Both meanings use the exact same verb form, so you just rely on context to tell them apart.
Why does دانشآموزان (students) end in ـان instead of the regular plural ending ـها?
While ـها (-hâ) is the most common plural ending and can be used for anything, ـان (-ân) is a traditional plural suffix specifically used for living things, like people and animals. Since دانشآموز means "student", adding ـان is very natural here, though دانشآموزها would also be perfectly correct.
What is the literal meaning of قایمموشک (hide-and-seek)?
It's a fun compound word! قایم means "hidden", and موشک means "little mouse" (موش plus the suffix ـک which means "little"). So the game is literally called "hidden little mouse".
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