Word
آیا یخچال و کولر را روشن کردی؟
Meaning
Did you turn on the refrigerator and the air conditioner?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of آیا یخچال و کولر را روشن کردی؟
و
and
آیاâyâ
whether (question particle)
کردنkardan
to do / to make
راrâ
definite direct object marker
Questions & Answers about آیا یخچال و کولر را روشن کردی؟
How does the verb روشن کردی relate to the transitivity pairs we are learning?
The verb روشن کردن is the transitive version, meaning to turn something on. Because you are doing the action to a direct object (the fridge and AC), we use a form of کردن. If we wanted to say the fridge and AC turned on by themselves, we would use the intransitive counterpart روشن شدن.
Why does the object marker را only appear after کولر and not after یخچال?
When you have multiple direct objects connected by و (and), they are treated as a single compound object. You only place را at the very end of the entire group, making یخچال و کولر را the correct phrasing instead of adding it after every single noun.
I recognize the word کولر from English. Does it just mean a cooler box for drinks?
No, in Farsi کولر specifically refers to a household air conditioning unit. The most common type in Iran is an evaporative water cooler, but the word is used for any building AC system, not a portable box for ice and drinks.
Is the question word آیا required to make this a question?
No, آیا is mostly used in written or formal Farsi. In everyday spoken Farsi, people usually drop it entirely and just rely on a rising intonation at the end of the sentence to show they are asking a yes or no question.