Breakdown of اگر خشکسالی زود تمام شده بود، آنها گندم را برداشت کرده بودند.
آنها
they
بودنbudan
to be
زودzud
early / quickly, soon
راrâ
definite direct object marker
شدنshodan
to become
تمامtamâm
whole, all / finished / over (to finish)
اگرagar
if
گندمgandom
wheat
برداشت کردنbardâsht kardan
to harvest (crops)
خشکسالیkhoshk-sâli
drought
Questions & Answers about اگر خشکسالی زود تمام شده بود، آنها گندم را برداشت کرده بودند.
Why does the Farsi sentence use the Past Perfect tense for both parts of the 'if' statement?
In Farsi, the third conditional (unreal past) is often formed by using the Past Perfect in both clauses. English changes the second part to 'would have harvested', but Farsi simply matches the tenses, using تمام شده بود (had finished) in the first half and برداشت کرده بودند (had harvested) in the second.
How is the word خشکسالی (drought) built?
It is a very logical compound word. It combines خشک (dry) and سال (year). Adding the suffix ی turns it into an abstract noun, essentially meaning 'dry-year-ness' or drought.
What is the infinitive of the verb used for 'to harvest'?
The verb is برداشت کردن (to harvest or reap). Like many Farsi verbs, it is a compound verb. To form the Past Perfect for 'they', the non-verbal part (برداشت) stays the same, and the verbal part (کردن) becomes کرده بودند.
Why is the word را used after گندم (wheat) here?
را is the definite direct object marker. Because the sentence refers to a specific crop of wheat ('the wheat' they grew), rather than just wheat in general, را is required immediately after the noun گندم.
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