Q: What is the formal written version of میگذره?

The formal written form is میگذرد. In colloquial spoken Farsi, the final د in third-person singular verbs is almost always dropped. When you drop it, the "-ad" ending changes to an "-e" sound, turning میگذرد into میگذره.

Question 1

Why does the sentence use به ما (to us) instead of ما (we) to say "we have fun"?

Accepted Answer

In Farsi, you don't "have" fun. Instead, time "passes pleasantly" to you. The compound verb is خوش گذشتن (to pass pleasantly). So "we have fun" is phrased as "it passes pleasantly to us" (به ما خوش می‌گذره). Since the subject is an invisible "it" (the time or experience), the verb takes the third-person singular ending.

Question 2

What is the formal written version of می‌گذره?

Accepted Answer

The formal written form is می‌گذرد. In colloquial spoken Farsi, the final د in third-person singular verbs is almost always dropped. When you drop it, the "-ad" ending changes to an "-e" sound, turning می‌گذرد into می‌گذره.

Question 3

The current lesson teaches that the verb for "to put" or "to let" uses the spoken stem ذار. Is that the same verb being used here in می‌گذره?

Accepted Answer

No, but they are a famous tricky pair! The lesson focuses on گذاشتن (to put/let), which uses the irregular spoken present stem ذار. However, the verb in our sentence is گذشتن (to pass). Its present stem is گذر, which stays regular in spoken Farsi. So "it passes" is می‌گذره, not می‌ذاره.

Question 4

Where is the verb "to be" (is) in این برنامه خوبه?

Accepted Answer

It is attached to the end of the word! In spoken Farsi, the formal word است (is) usually shrinks down to just an "-e" sound attached to the previous word. So خوب است becomes خوبه.

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