Learn Farsi: دایناسوری که زیر این کوه مرده است، پاهای خیلی قوی داشته است. - The dinosaur that died under this mountain had very strong legs.

دایناسوری که زیر این کوه مرده است، پاهای خیلی قوی داشته است.dâynâsori ke zir in kuh morde ast, pâhâ-ye kheyli qavi dâshte ast.

The dinosaur that died under this mountain had very strong legs.

Breakdown of دایناسوری که زیر این کوه مرده است، پاهای خیلی قوی داشته است.

Questions & Answers about دایناسوری که زیر این کوه مرده است، پاهای خیلی قوی داشته است.

Why are the verbs مرده است (has died) and داشته است (has had) in the Present Perfect tense, even though the English translation uses the simple past ("died" and "had")?

This is exactly what your current lesson covers! In Farsi, when you state facts about past events that you did not personally witness (like the life and death of a dinosaur), you use the Present Perfect tense. It shows that you are reporting historical information, sharing a deduction, or telling a story, rather than describing an event you saw happen.

The word دایناسور has the suffix -ی added to it (دایناسوری), which usually means "a dinosaur". Why is it translated here as "The dinosaur"?

When a noun is followed by که (that) in a descriptive phrase, Farsi adds a special -ی suffix to the noun. Even though it looks identical to the indefinite "a/an" suffix, it is actually used to single out the noun. It links the dinosaur to the specific description coming next, so it translates best to "The dinosaur that..." in English.

I thought Farsi verbs always go at the very end of the sentence. Why is مرده است right in the middle?

Verbs go at the end of their own clause (their specific part of the sentence). This sentence has two clauses: the descriptive part (که زیر این کوه مرده است) and the main sentence (دایناسوری... پاهای خیلی قوی داشته است). مرده است belongs to the descriptive part, so it goes at the end of that section, right before the comma.

In the phrase پاهای خیلی قوی (very strong legs), why is there a -ی attached to پاها (legs)?