Breakdown of کیف پولو داخل خونه جا گذاشته بودم.
خانه
house
داخلdâkhel
inside
راrâ
definite direct object marker
جا گذاشتنjâ gozâshtan
to leave behind
Questions & Answers about کیف پولو داخل خونه جا گذاشته بودم.
Where is the direct object marker را in this sentence?
It has transformed into the colloquial suffix ـو attached to the end of پول. Because پول ends in a consonant, the spoken Tehrani accent replaces the formal را with ـو. So کیف پول را becomes کیف پولو in everyday speech.
How do the words کیف and پول combine here, and how is the whole phrase pronounced?
They are connected by a hidden ezāfe (an 'e' sound) to make کیف پول (kif-e pul), which translates to wallet. When you add the colloquial object marker ـو, it attaches to the very end of the entire noun phrase. The whole block is pronounced kif-e pul-o.
What is the infinitive of the verb meaning to leave behind?
The verb is the compound جا گذاشتن. Literally, it means to put in a place, but it is commonly used to mean leaving or forgetting something somewhere.
Why is the verb گذاشته بودم in two parts instead of just گذاشتم?
گذاشته بودم is in the past perfect tense, meaning I had left. You form this by taking the past participle of the main verb (گذاشته) and adding the simple past tense of the verb to be (بودم). If it were just گذاشتم, it would be the simple past: I left.