Breakdown of همین که اسید را بویید، بیمار شد.
بیمار
sick
راrâ
definite direct object marker
شدنshodan
to become
بوییدنbuyidan
to smell / to sniff
همین کهhamin ke
as soon as
اسیدasid
acid
Questions & Answers about همین که اسید را بویید، بیمار شد.
Since the current lesson teaches that hamin ke (as soon as) can take the subjunctive, why is buyid (smelled) in the normal past tense here?
Because this sentence describes an actual event that already happened in the past. You only use the subjunctive with hamin ke when you are talking about the future or a hypothetical situation, like 'As soon as she smells the acid...'
Why is rā (را) added after asid (acid)?
rā is the specific direct object marker. Because the sentence says she smelled the acid (a specific, known batch of acid) rather than just 'acid' in general, Farsi requires rā to point out exactly what she smelled.
Where is the word for 'she' in this sentence?
Farsi usually drops subject pronouns like u (he/she) because the verb itself tells you who did the action. Both buyid (smelled) and shod (became) are in the third-person singular form, which automatically means he, she, or it.
How does the verb bimār shod work?
It is a compound verb. bimār is an adjective meaning 'ill' or 'sick', and shod is the past tense of shodan (to become). Together they mean 'became ill'.
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