Breakdown of وقتی به خانه رسیدم، بوی بدی حس کردم چون غذا داشت میسوخت.
خانه
house
بهbe
to
داشتنdâshtan
to have
غذاghazâ
food
رسیدنrasidan
to arrive
چونchon
because
بدbad
bad
حس کردنhess kardan
to feel
وقتیvaqti
when
بوbu
smell
سوختنsukhtan
to burn
حسhes
feeling, sense
Questions & Answers about وقتی به خانه رسیدم، بوی بدی حس کردم چون غذا داشت میسوخت.
How is the past progressive tense formed in داشت میسوخت (was burning)?
It uses the auxiliary verb داشتن (to have) conjugated in the simple past, followed by the main verb in the past continuous. Since the subject is the food (third-person singular), we use داشت. The main verb is formed with the prefix می attached to the past stem سوخت.
Why are there two ی endings in the phrase بوی بدی (a bad smell)?
The first one is the Ezâfe connector. Since بو (smell) ends in a vowel, it takes ی to link it to the adjective بد (bad). The second ی attached to the end of the adjective is the indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one'.
The English translation says 'I noticed', but doesn't حس کردم mean 'I felt'?
Yes, exactly! The compound verb حس کردن literally means to sense or to feel. In Farsi, it is the natural and most common way to say you noticed or detected a physical sensation like a smell.
Why is there a به before خانه if the English just says 'arrived home'?
In Farsi, the verb رسیدن (to arrive) requires the preposition به (to) to indicate the destination. You always arrive 'to' a place, so it translates literally as 'arrived to home'.
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