Breakdown of این ماکت از مقوا ساخته میشود.
این
this
ازaz
from
ساختنsâkhtan
to build
ماکتmâket
diorama / model (scale model)
Questions & Answers about این ماکت از مقوا ساخته میشود.
How does sâkhte mishavad translate to "is made"?
This is the passive voice. It is formed by taking the past participle of a verb—here, sâkhte (made/built), from sâkhtan (to make/build)—and adding a conjugated form of the auxiliary verb shodan (to become). Literally, it translates to "becomes built" or "is built".
Why is az used before moghavvâ?
In English we say something is made "of" a material, but in Farsi, you use az (from). So az moghavvâ translates literally to "from cardboard" or "out of cardboard".
Since this lesson is about diminutives, is mâket formed with a diminutive suffix?
Good catch, but no! mâket is actually a loanword from the French word maquette (meaning a scale model). Even though a model is a smaller version of something, it doesn't use the Farsi diminutive suffixes -che or -ak that you are learning in this lesson.
Can I use dorost mishavad instead of sâkhte mishavad?
Yes! dorost mishavad (from dorost kardan, to make or fix) is extremely common in everyday spoken Farsi. However, sâkhte mishavad (from sâkhtan, to build or manufacture) is slightly more specific to physical construction, which is perfect for talking about building a physical model.