Breakdown of قهوه در لیوانها ریخته میشود.
قهوهghahve
coffee
لیوانlivân
glass, cup
درdar
in
ریختنrikhtan
to fall (hair, leaves) / to spill / pour
Questions & Answers about قهوه در لیوانها ریخته میشود.
How does ریخته میشود (rikhteh mishavad) translate to "is poured"?
This is the present passive voice! It is formed by combining the past participle of the main verb, ریخته (rikhteh, meaning "poured"), with the present tense of شدن (shodan, meaning "to become"). میشود (mishavad) means "it becomes". So literally, this translates to "coffee in the glasses poured becomes."
How do we form the past participle ریخته (rikhteh)?
You start with the infinitive of the verb "to pour", which is ریختن (rikhtan). To make it a past participle, simply drop the final ن (n) and leave the ه (eh) ending. This is the standard rule for building past participles in Farsi!
The word for glasses, لیوانها (livan-ha), is plural. Why is the verb میشود (mishavad) in the singular form?
The verb must agree with the subject of the sentence. In a passive sentence, the subject is the thing receiving the action. Here, the subject is قهوه (ghahveh, coffee), which is singular. The plural word لیوانها is just part of the prepositional phrase telling us where the coffee is going.
Doesn't در (dar) usually mean "in"? Why is it translated as "into" here?
You are right, در (dar) is the standard word for "in". However, Farsi does not strictly separate "in" and "into" the way English does. When paired with an action verb involving movement, like pouring, the direction is implied, making "into" the most natural English translation.
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