Breakdown of سبقت گرفتن ممنوع است، باید به تابلو توجه کرد.
است
is
بهbe
to
بایدbâyad
must
ممنوعmamnu'
forbidden / prohibited
سبقت گرفتنsabqat gereftan
to overtake
تابلوtâblo
sign (signboard)
توجه کردنtavajjoh kardan
to pay attention
Questions & Answers about سبقت گرفتن ممنوع است، باید به تابلو توجه کرد.
Why does the sentence use kard after bâyad instead of a conjugated verb like bokonad?
This is the exact impersonal structure you are learning in this lesson! When باید (must) is followed by a short infinitive like کرد (which drops the final 'n' from the full infinitive), it translates to the general 'one must'. If we were talking about a specific person, we would use a conjugated present subjunctive verb instead.
How do you form the short infinitive for a compound verb like tavajoh kardan (to pay attention)?
You only change the verbal part of the compound. You take the full infinitive کردن (kardan) and remove the final ن (n) to get کرد (kard). The non-verbal part, توجه (tavajoh), stays exactly the same, giving you توجه کرد.
Why is the full infinitive sebghat gereftan used as the first word of the sentence?
In Farsi, full infinitives (ending in ن) can be used as nouns to represent the act of doing something, very similar to '-ing' words in English. Here, سبقت گرفتن simply means 'overtaking' and acts as the subject for the phrase 'Overtaking is forbidden'.
Why do we need the preposition be before tâblo (sign)?
The compound verb توجه کردن (to pay attention) requires the preposition به (to) to introduce the object you are focusing on. Luckily, this works exactly like English: 'to pay attention to the sign' translates perfectly to به تابلو توجه کرد.
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