Breakdown of پرستار دارد بچهها را روی صندلی مینشاند.
صندلی
chair
رویruye
on
داشتنdâshtan
to have
بچهbacheh
child
Questions & Answers about پرستار دارد بچهها را روی صندلی مینشاند.
How do we get the verb مینشاند (is seating) from the regular verb for 'to sit'?
The regular verb for 'to sit' is نشستن and its present stem is نشین. To make the causative form ('to seat' or 'to make sit'), we add the causative ending -ân- to the present stem. For this specific verb, the 'i' sound drops out, giving us the new stem نشان. Adding the standard present tense prefix and suffix gives us مینشاند.
Why is دارد used in this sentence, and why is it separated from the main verb?
دارد is the present tense of داشتن (to have). Here, it acts as a helper verb to form the present continuous tense, showing that the action is happening right at this exact moment ('is seating'). In Farsi, this helper verb typically comes right after the subject, while the main verb (مینشاند) waits at the very end of the sentence.
Why do we need را after بچهها?
The base verb 'to sit' does not take a direct object, but the new causative verb 'to seat' does, because you are seating someone. بچهها (the children) is the direct object receiving the action. Because it is a specific, known group of children, we must follow it with the specific object marker را.
How do we pronounce the phrase روی صندلی?
It is pronounced 'ruy-e sandali'. The word روی (on) requires an invisible 'ezafe' vowel to connect it to the noun صندلی (chair) that comes directly after it.