Breakdown of اگر کشاورز کود داده بود، محصول پربار شده بود.
بودنbudan
to be
دادنdâdan
to give
شدنshodan
to become
کشاورزkeshâvarz
farmer
محصولmahsul
crop / harvest
اگرagar
if
کودkud
fertilizer
پربارporbâr
fruitful
Questions & Answers about اگر کشاورز کود داده بود، محصول پربار شده بود.
How does this sentence form the third conditional for unreal past situations?
In English, we use different structures for the two halves, like If he had given, it would have been. In Farsi, both the if clause and the result clause simply use the Past Perfect tense. Here, we see dādeh bud (had given) in the first half, and shodeh bud (had become) in the second half.
Why is the result clause translated as would have been when shodeh bud usually means had become?
In Farsi third conditionals, the result clause typically uses the Past Perfect. Even though shodeh bud literally means had become, in the context of an agar (if) sentence about an unreal past event, it translates naturally to would have been or would have become in English.
Is kud dādan the standard way to say to fertilize?
Yes. Farsi often uses compound verbs with dādan (to give). Kud means fertilizer or manure, so kud dādan literally means to give fertilizer, which is the standard way to express fertilizing crops.
How does the word por-bār break down to mean fruitful?
It is a compound adjective. Por means full or a lot of, and bār can mean load, fruit, or produce in an agricultural context. So, a crop that is por-bār is literally full of produce or fruitful.
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