Breakdown of آن مکانیک باتری گوشی را تعمیر کرد؟
مکانیک
mechanic
آن
that
گوشیgushi
phone
راrâ
definite direct object marker
تعمیر کردنta'mir kardan
to repair
باتریbâteri
battery
Questions & Answers about آن مکانیک باتری گوشی را تعمیر کرد؟
Why does this sentence use کرد (kard) instead of شد (shod)?
The verb here is تعمیر کردن (to repair something), which uses کردن (to do) because it is transitive. This means someone (the mechanic) is actively doing the action to an object (the battery). If you wanted to say the battery was repaired without mentioning who did it, you would use the intransitive version تعمیر شدن (ta'mir shodan).
Why does the object marker را (ra) come after گوشی (ghooshi) instead of right after باتری (bātri)?
The direct object of the verb is the entire phrase باتری گوشی (the phone battery). In Farsi, the specific object marker را always goes at the very end of the complete noun phrase, rather than attaching to the head noun.
How do I pronounce the connection between باتری (battery) and گوشی (phone)?
You need to use an ezafe to link them. Because باتری ends in a long vowel (an 'ee' sound), the hidden ezafe takes the form of a 'ye' sound. It is pronounced 'bātri-ye ghooshi'.
There is no question word like آیا (aya) at the beginning. How do we know this is a question?
In spoken and everyday Farsi, yes/no questions are usually just regular statements spoken with a rising tone at the end. You could add آیا at the beginning, but that would make the sentence sound much more formal or literary.
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