Breakdown of از اپراتور میپرسم که آیا میتونه فعال کردن اشتراک رو پیگیری کنه.
آیاâyâ
whether (question particle)
ازaz
from
راrâ
definite direct object marker
پرسیدنporsidan
to ask
توانستنtavânestan
to be able to
کهke
that (conjunction)
اپراتورoperâtor
operator
اشتراکeshterâk
subscription
فعال کردنfa'âl kardan
to activate
پیگیری کردنpeygiri kardan
to follow up
Questions & Answers about از اپراتور میپرسم که آیا میتونه فعال کردن اشتراک رو پیگیری کنه.
Why do we use ke âyâ here instead of just ke or just âyâ?
In reported yes/no questions, Farsi uses ke âyâ to mean 'if' or 'whether'. The ke acts as a bridge ('that') connecting the main sentence to the reported question, while âyâ signals that a yes/no question is coming. In casual speech, people sometimes drop âyâ, but ke âyâ is the standard structure you are learning here.
Why is میتونه (mi-tune) in the indicative form instead of the subjunctive, even though it follows ke âyâ?
Farsi reported speech usually keeps the exact same tense and mood as the original direct question. The original question to the operator was 'Can you follow up?' (میتونی پیگیری کنی؟). When reporting it, we just change the pronoun from 'you' to 'he' (میتونه), keeping it in the present indicative. The second verb, کنه (kone), is subjunctive because it follows the modal verb میتونه.
Why does the sentence start with از (az) instead of به (be)?
In Farsi, the verb پرسیدن (porsidan - to ask) requires the preposition از (from). You don't ask a question 'to' someone; you ask a question 'from' someone. Therefore, از اپراتور میپرسم literally translates to 'I ask from the operator'.
How does فعال کردن (fa'âl kardan) work here as a noun?
Farsi infinitives (which end in -an) also serve as gerunds (verbal nouns, similar to English '-ing' words). Here, فعال کردن means 'activating'. It links to its target, اشتراک (subscription), using an unseen ezafe ('e' sound), meaning 'activating of the subscription'.
What is the object marker رو (ro) pointing to in this sentence?
رو (ro) is the spoken form of the direct object marker را (râ). It attaches to the end of the entire phrase فعال کردن اشتراک (activating the subscription) to mark that whole chunk as the direct object being acted upon by the verb phrase پیگیری کنه (he follows up).
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