Q: Why do we use شد (became) to say she "had" a child?

Because بچهدار is an adjective, you need a verb that shows a change of state to express the event of having a baby. In Farsi, you literally say "she became child-possessing" (بچهدار شد). If you used the verb for "to have" (داشت), it would simply describe the continuous past state of possessing a child, rather than the life event of having one.

Question 1

What does the suffix -dâr do in the word بچه‌دار?

Accepted Answer

The suffix -dâr attaches to a noun to create an adjective meaning "possessing" or "having" that noun. Here, it attaches to بچه (child) to create بچه‌دار (bache-dâr), which literally means "child-possessing".

Question 2

Why do we use شد (became) to say she "had" a child?

Accepted Answer

Because بچه‌دار is an adjective, you need a verb that shows a change of state to express the event of having a baby. In Farsi, you literally say "she became child-possessing" (بچه‌دار شد). If you used the verb for "to have" (داشت), it would simply describe the continuous past state of possessing a child, rather than the life event of having one.

Question 3

How exactly does از وقتی که translate to "since"?

Accepted Answer

It is a fixed phrase that literally means "from the time that". از means "from", وقت means "time", and the ی که combination links it to the action that follows. It is the standard way to say "ever since an event happened" in Farsi.

Question 4

How would the end of this sentence sound in casual spoken Farsi?

Accepted Answer

In everyday spoken Farsi, the formal verb است (ast) meaning "is" usually attaches to the end of the previous word. Because خسته ends in a subtle "eh" vowel sound, the combination is pronounced as خسته‌ست (khasteh-st) in conversation.

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