Breakdown of خریدار پرسید که سیستم گرمایش و آسانسور چطور کار میکنند.
و
and
چطورchetor
how
پرسیدنporsidan
to ask
کهke
that (conjunction)
کار کردنkâr kardan
to work
سیستمsistem
system
خریدارkharidâr
buyer
گرمایشgarmâyesh
heating
آسانسورâsânsor
elevator
Questions & Answers about خریدار پرسید که سیستم گرمایش و آسانسور چطور کار میکنند.
Why do we use که right before the reported clause containing چطور?
In Farsi reported questions, it is standard to use the conjunction که (that) to introduce the reported clause, even when a Wh-word follows. So, پرسید که ... چطور literally translates to 'asked that ... how'. English drops the word 'that' in these cases, but Farsi keeps it.
Why is the verb کار میکنند in the present tense when the buyer's action (پرسید) is in the past?
Farsi does not usually shift tenses backward in reported speech like English does. The tense stays the same as the original spoken words. Since the buyer originally asked 'How do they work?' in the present tense, Farsi keeps the present indicative کار میکنند.
Where exactly does the question word چطور go in the reported clause?
Unlike English, which puts 'how' at the beginning of the reported clause, Farsi places چطور right before the verb it modifies. The word order in the second half of the sentence is literally 'the heating system and elevator how work'.
How are the words for 'heating' and 'system' connected in سیستم گرمایش?
They are connected by the invisible ezafe vowel, which sounds like 'e'. It links the noun سیستم (system) to the noun گرمایش (heating), making سیستمِ گرمایش (sistem-e garmayesh). This translates literally to 'system of heating'.
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