Breakdown of یا مدیر یا حسابدار تهدید شده بود.
مدیرmodir
manager
یاyâ
or
حسابدارhesâbdâr
accountant
تهدید کردنtahdid kardan
to threaten
Questions & Answers about یا مدیر یا حسابدار تهدید شده بود.
How does this sentence demonstrate the past perfect passive?
The verb tahdid shode bud (had been threatened) comes from the passive compound verb tahdid shodan (to be threatened). To form the past perfect passive, we take the past participle of the passive verb (tahdid shode) and add the simple past tense of budan (bud).
How do you form the 'either... or...' structure in Farsi?
You use the repeated conjunction yā ... yā .... In this sentence, placing yā before both nouns creates yā modir yā hesābdār, which translates exactly to 'either the manager or the accountant'.
Why is the verb shode bud in the singular form if both a manager and an accountant are mentioned?
Because the subjects are connected by yā (or). When using yā ... yā ..., the verb agrees with the noun closest to it. Since hesābdār is singular, the verb takes the third-person singular form shode bud instead of the plural shode budand.
What are the parts that make up the word hesābdār (accountant)?
It is built from the noun hesāb (account, calculation, or math) and the suffix -dār (keeper or holder, coming from the present stem of the verb dāshtan). Together, it literally means an 'account keeper'.