Breakdown of ای کاش هدیهی تو را قبول کرده بودم.
تو
you (singular)
هدیهhadiye
gift
راrâ
definite direct object marker
ای کاشey kâsh
I wish
قبول کردنghabul kardan
to accept
Questions & Answers about ای کاش هدیهی تو را قبول کرده بودم.
How does this sentence express a regret about the past?
It uses the phrase ای کاش (ey kâsh), which means I wish or if only, followed by a verb in the Past Perfect tense. When you combine ای کاش with the Past Perfect (قبول کرده بودم), it shows that you are wishing for a different outcome to an event that has already ended.
Why is there an extra ی attached to هدیه (hedie) before تو (to)?
That is the ezafe connecting gift to you to show possession (your gift). Because هدیه ends in a silent h (pronounced as an e sound), Farsi requires you to add a ی (ye) as a bridge before adding the ezafe. So the phrase is pronounced hedie-ye to.
Why is the specific object marker را (râ) placed after تو (to) instead of immediately after gift?
The word را always comes at the very end of the entire noun phrase it marks. Here, the specific direct object is the whole phrase your gift (هدیهی تو), so را must follow the pronoun تو rather than interrupting the phrase.
How is the Past Perfect tense built for the compound verb قبول کردن (ghabol kardan)?
To form the Past Perfect of a compound verb, you keep the non-verbal part (قبول) exactly the same. Then you take the past participle of the verbal part (کرده) and add the simple past tense of the verb to be for the I form (بودم). Together, this makes قبول کرده بودم (I had accepted).
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