Breakdown of اگر آستر ضخیم خریده بودی، لباس گرمتر شده بود.
گرمgarm
warm, hot
لباسlebâs
dress / clothes
خریدنkharidan
to buy
شدنshodan
to become
Questions & Answers about اگر آستر ضخیم خریده بودی، لباس گرمتر شده بود.
Why are both verbs in the past perfect tense (خریده بودی and شده بود)? English uses "would have" for the second part.
In Farsi, when you talk about an unreal or imaginary situation in the past (often called a Type 3 conditional), you usually use the past perfect tense in both halves of the sentence. While English shifts to "would have become," Farsi literally says "If you had bought..., the dress had become warmer."
How do I pronounce آستر ضخیم? Do I need to add an ezāfe?
Yes, it is pronounced āstar-e zakhim. Because آستر (lining) is a noun being modified by the adjective ضخیم (thick), you must link them with the ezāfe (the "-e" sound), even though it is not explicitly written in the script.
How exactly is the past perfect built in the verb خریده بودی?
The past perfect is made by taking the past participle of the main verb and adding the simple past tense of بودن (to be). For خریدن (to buy), the past participle is خریده. Then you add بودی to match the "you" (singular) subject, giving you خریده بودی (you had bought).
Why does the sentence use شده بود instead of just بود at the end?
شده بود comes from شدن (to become), so it specifically means the dress would have become (or gotten) warmer as a result of the lining. If you used بود (had been), it would lose that sense of transition or change.