Breakdown of دکتر دارد خون من را آزمایش میکند.
من
I
دکتر
doctor
داشتنdâshtan
to have
راrâ
definite direct object marker
Questions & Answers about دکتر دارد خون من را آزمایش میکند.
Why is دارد separated from آزمایش میکند?
In Farsi, the present continuous (or progressive) tense is made using the helper verb داشتن (to have). The helper دارد goes right after the subject, while the main verb آزمایش میکند stays at the very end of the sentence. The object خون من را is sandwiched between them.
Since this lesson is about the future tense of compound verbs, how would I say 'The doctor will test my blood'?
You would remove the continuous helper دارد and change the main verb. For a compound verb like آزمایش کردن, the future helper خواهد goes between the noun part and the verb part. The verb also loses its می prefix. The future version is: دکتر خون من را آزمایش خواهد کرد.
What is the compound verb here and what do the individual parts mean?
The verb is آزمایش کردن (to test). It is a compound verb made of the noun آزمایش (test, experiment, or examination) and the verb کردن (to do or to make). Because the subject is the doctor (he/she), the verb part is conjugated in the present tense as میکند.
Why does را come after من instead of right after خون?
The word را is the specific direct object marker, and it must go at the very end of the entire object phrase. Here, the object is خون من (my blood), which is linked by the invisible 'ezafe' vowel sound. Therefore, attaches to the end of the complete phrase to show exactly what is being tested.