Breakdown of با هواپیما میتوان سفر کرد.
سفرsafar
trip
باbâ
with
کردنkardan
to do / to make
توانستنtavânestan
to be able to
هواپیماhavâpeymâ
airplane
Questions & Answers about با هواپیما میتوان سفر کرد.
Why doesn't میتوان have a personal ending like "-am" or "-i"?
In this lesson, we are learning about impersonal modals. میتوان (mi-tavân) means "one can" or "it is possible." Because it's a general statement not tied to a specific person (like "I" or "you"), it stays in this fixed form without any personal endings.
Why does the sentence use سفر کرد instead of the full infinitive سفر کردن?
When you use the impersonal modal میتوان, the main verb that follows it must be in the "short infinitive" form. You make the short infinitive by simply dropping the final ن from the full infinitive سفر کردن (to travel), leaving you with سفر کرد.
I thought کرد was the past tense for "he/she did". Is this sentence in the past tense?
No, this sentence is a general statement about the present. It looks like the past tense because the short infinitive (کرد) is identical to the third-person singular past tense form. However, because it comes right after the modal میتوان, we know it's acting as a short infinitive here, not a past tense verb.
Why do we use با (with) for "by airplane"?
In Farsi, the preposition با (bâ) translates to "with," but it is also the standard word used for methods of transportation. So, با هواپیما means "by airplane," just like با ماشین means "by car.".
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