Breakdown of گلویم درد میکند و آمپول یادم رفت.
و
and
دردdard
pain
رفتنraftan
to go
کردنkardan
to do / to make
یادyâd
memory (remembrance)
آمپولâmpul
injection
گلوgalu
throat
Questions & Answers about گلویم درد میکند و آمپول یادم رفت.
Why does the verb in yâdam raft translate to "I forgot" if raft means "he/she/it went"?
This is an impersonal construction, which is exactly what we are learning in this lesson! In Farsi, you do not literally say "I forgot." Instead, you say "my memory went." yâd means memory, the enclitic -am means "my", and raft is the "it" form of the verb "to go" (it went).
How does آمپول (injection) connect to yâdam raft without a preposition?
With these impersonal memory verbs, you simply place the forgotten thing right before the yâd phrase as the topic of the sentence. The structure here is literally "[the] injection, my memory went." You don't need a preposition like "about" or a direct object marker like râ.
Is گلویم درد میکند also an impersonal state verb like the ones in this lesson?
It is very similar in concept. While English speakers say "I have a sore throat" or "I am experiencing pain", Farsi uses the body part as the subject. galu is throat, and -am is the enclitic for "my". dard mikonad literally means "does pain." So, the sentence translates exactly to "my throat does pain."
Why is there a "y" added in the middle of گلویم (galuyam) for "my throat"?
The word for throat is galu, which ends in a vowel. The enclitic for "my" is -am. When attaching an enclitic that starts with a vowel to a word that ends in a vowel, Farsi adds a buffer "y" sound to make it flow naturally. So galu + am becomes galuyam.
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