Word
آیا آنها دارند اتاقهای شلوغ را مرتب میکنند؟
Meaning
Are they tidying up the cluttered rooms?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of آیا آنها دارند اتاقهای شلوغ را مرتب میکنند؟
آنها
they
اتاق
room
شلوغsholugh
crowded / busy
آیاâyâ
whether (question particle)
Questions & Answers about آیا آنها دارند اتاقهای شلوغ را مرتب میکنند؟
Why is دارند separated from میکنند by the rest of the sentence?
To form the present continuous tense ("are tidying"), Farsi uses the conjugated verb داشتن (here, دارند) as a helper verb. This helper usually sits right after the subject, while the main verb (میکنند) stays at the very end of the sentence.
Why does را come after شلوغ instead of right after اتاقهای?
The word را marks the specific direct object, but it must attach to the very end of the entire noun phrase. Since "the cluttered rooms" is a single phrase joined by the ezafe (اتاقهای شلوغ), را goes after the adjective.
What is the main verb here, and how does it work in this tense?
The main verb is مرتب کردن, a compound verb meaning "to tidy" or "to organize." In the present continuous, only the verbal part (کردن) gets the می prefix and is conjugated (میکنند), while the non-verbal part (مرتب) stays right next to it.
English uses the past participle "cluttered" here. Do we use a Farsi past participle for شلوغ?
No. While your current lesson covers forming Farsi past participles (like کرده), شلوغ is simply a regular adjective meaning "crowded," "messy," or "cluttered." Farsi often uses standard adjectives where English uses an "-ed" participle.