Breakdown of این معدن در کوه پیدا شد.
این
this
درdar
in
پیدا کردنpeydâ kardan
to find / to get / to develop (a condition)
کوهkuh
mountain
Questions & Answers about این معدن در کوه پیدا شد.
The lesson says the passive voice uses a past participle, but I don't see one here. Why is it just peydā shod?
The active verb for 'to find' is the compound verb peydā kardan. For compound verbs ending in kardan (to do/make), Farsi usually takes a shortcut to make them passive: you just replace kardan with shodan (to become). So instead of using the past participle of kardan, peydā kard (found) simply becomes peydā shod (was found).
Why is the verb shod and not shodand?
The verb must agree with the subject of our passive sentence, which is īn ma'dan (this mine). Since 'mine' is singular, we use the third-person singular form of the simple past, which is just the plain stem shod with no extra personal endings.
Could I use tū-ye instead of dar for 'in'?
Absolutely. dar is slightly more formal and very common in writing, but in everyday spoken Farsi, you will often hear tū-ye instead. Saying īn ma'dan tū-ye kūh peydā shod means exactly the same thing and sounds very natural in conversation.
What does the apostrophe mean in the pronunciation of ma'dan (mine)?
It represents the letter 'ayn in the middle of the Farsi spelling. In modern Farsi, this is usually pronounced as a quick pause or a slight catch in the back of your throat, similar to the middle sound in 'uh-oh'.