Breakdown of کاش همهی دانشجوها درس میخواندند و موفق میشدند.
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and
دانشجوdâneshju
university student
شدنshodan
to become
درس خواندنdars khândan
to study
Questions & Answers about کاش همهی دانشجوها درس میخواندند و موفق میشدند.
Why are the verbs میخواندند and میشدند in the past continuous tense if this is a wish about the present?
After کاش (I wish), Farsi uses the past continuous tense to talk about an unreal or imaginary situation in the present. This is actually very similar to English, where we also use a past form to say 'I wish they studied' even when talking about right now!
Why does همه have a ی attached to it to make همهی?
The word همه (all) is connected to دانشجوها (students) using the connecting vowel known as the ezafe. Because همه ends in a silent 'h' (which sounds like 'e' in Farsi), the ezafe is written with a ی to bridge the two vowel sounds, giving us hame-ye.
Why does the prefix می go in the middle of موفق میشدند instead of at the very beginning?
موفق شدن (to become successful) is a compound verb. It is made of the adjective موفق and the helper verb شدن. Verb prefixes like می only attach to the helper verb part, so it has to go right before شدند.
The noun دانشجوها is plural. Do we always have to use plural verbs like میخواندند for plural nouns?
Yes, for humans! Because دانشجوها refers to people, the verb must match it and be plural. If the plural noun was a thing or an animal, you would often use a singular verb instead.