Word
او مجسمهی طلا را در آن مقبره پنهان کرده بود.
Meaning
He had hidden the gold statue in that tomb.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of او مجسمهی طلا را در آن مقبره پنهان کرده بود.
او
he/she
آن
that
درdar
in
راrâ
definite direct object marker
Questions & Answers about او مجسمهی طلا را در آن مقبره پنهان کرده بود.
How does the Past Perfect tense work in the compound verb پنهان کرده بود?
The Past Perfect is formed using the past participle of the main verb plus the simple past of بودن (to be). For a compound verb like پنهان کردن (to hide), the first part پنهان stays the same. We change کردن to its past participle کرده and add بود (he/she was) to mean he had hidden.
Why does مجسمه have an extra ی added to it before طلا?
The noun مجسمه (statue) is linked to طلا (gold) using the ezafe. Because مجسمه ends in a silent he, we must add the letter ی in writing to carry the connecting ye sound.
Is طلا functioning as an adjective in this sentence?
No, طلا (gold) is actually a noun. In Farsi, you often connect two nouns together with the ezafe to describe what an object is made of. The phrase مجسمهی طلا translates literally to statue of gold.
Why is the object marker را placed after طلا instead of right after مجسمه?
The word را marks the specific direct object of the sentence and always goes at the very end of the entire object phrase. Since the complete object is the gold statue, را must follow the whole phrase مجسمهی طلا, not just the first noun.