Word
فضانوردان به فضا خواهند رفت.
Meaning
Astronauts will go to space.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of فضانوردان به فضا خواهند رفت.
بهbe
to
رفتنraftan
to go
فضانوردfazânavard
astronaut
فضاfazâ
space
Questions & Answers about فضانوردان به فضا خواهند رفت.
How is the future tense formed in خواهند رفت?
It uses the structure you are currently learning: the auxiliary verb خواستن (to want/will) is conjugated for "they" as خواهند. This is followed directly by the short infinitive of رفتن (to go), which is just رفت. Together, they mean "they will go."
Why does فضانوردان end in ان instead of the standard plural ها?
In Farsi, the suffix ان is a plural marker specifically used for animate nouns, which means living things and usually people. Since astronauts are people, they take this ending. You might still hear the regular plural in casual speech, but this animate plural is more proper here.
Why is there a silent و (vav) in خواهند?
The word is pronounced "khâhand". In Farsi, when a word starts with the sequence خوا, the و is completely silent, resulting in the sound "khâ". You will see this historical spelling often with words related to wanting or asking, like the infinitive خواستن.
Why does به فضا (to space) come before the verb, rather than after it like in English?
Farsi places the verb at the very end of the sentence. The two parts of the future tense, خواهند and رفت, act as a single verb block locked at the end of the sentence, so the destination must come before them.
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