Breakdown of این خبر به شهروندان گفته خواهد شد.
این
this
بهbe
to
خبرkhabar
news
گفتنgoftan
to say / to tell
خواستنkhâstan
to want / to ask (request from someone)
شدنshodan
to become
شهروندshahrvand
citizen
Questions & Answers about این خبر به شهروندان گفته خواهد شد.
How exactly is the future passive verb گفته خواهد شد constructed?
It is built in three parts: first, the past participle of the main verb (گفته from گفتن, meaning "told"), then the future auxiliary for "it" (خواهد), and finally the short past stem of the passive auxiliary "to become" (شد).
I am used to seeing را with the verb "to tell". Why is there no را in this sentence?
Because this is a passive sentence! In an active sentence like "I will tell the news", the news is the direct object and takes را. But in a passive sentence, "this news" (این خبر) is the grammatical subject, as it is the thing doing the action of being told. Subjects never take را.
Why does شهروندان (citizens) end in ـان instead of the usual plural ـها?
The suffix ـان is a plural marker used specifically for people and animate nouns. You will often see it attached to words for professions or roles, turning شهروند (citizen) into شهروندان (citizens). You could technically say شهروندها, but شهروندان sounds much more natural in a formal context.
The English translation says "This news". Is خبر singular or plural in Farsi?
خبر is strictly singular, meaning "a piece of news" or "a report", which is why it takes the singular verb خواهد شد. If you wanted to talk about "the news" in general (like a TV news broadcast), you would use its plural form, اخبار.
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