Breakdown of یک زمرد سبز زیر سنگ پیدا شد.
یکyek
one / a, an
زیرzir
under
پیدا کردنpeydâ kardan
to find / to get / to develop (a condition)
سنگsang
stone
Questions & Answers about یک زمرد سبز زیر سنگ پیدا شد.
The lesson says the passive uses a past participle plus shodan, but peyda doesn't look like a past participle. Why?
You're right! For regular verbs, we use the past participle. But peyda kardan (to find) is a compound verb made of a word plus kardan (to do/make). To make these passive, you simply swap kardan for shodan (to become). So, 'was found' is just peyda shod.
How are the words for 'a green emerald' ordered and connected here?
The word yek (a/one) comes first. Then comes the noun zomorrod (emerald), followed by the adjective sabz (green). The noun and adjective must be connected by the invisible ezafe vowel (an 'e' sound), so it is pronounced yek zomorrod-e sabz.
Is there another ezafe used in this sentence?
Yes! Prepositions of place, like zir (under), also need an ezafe to connect to the noun that follows them. Here, it connects to sang (rock), so it is pronounced zir-e sang.
Could I say peyda bud instead of peyda shod?
They mean different things. peyda bud uses the verb 'to be' and describes a state: the emerald 'was visible' or 'was already located'. peyda shod uses shodan (to become), which forms the passive voice to describe the actual event: the emerald 'was found' by someone.