Breakdown of اگر کارمند باسواد بود، شغلی دیگر پیدا میکرد.
کارمند
employee
بودنbudan
to be
پیدا کردنpeydâ kardan
to find / to get / to develop (a condition)
دیگرdigar
other, else
اگرagar
if
شغلshoghl
job
سوادsavâd
literacy
Questions & Answers about اگر کارمند باسواد بود، شغلی دیگر پیدا میکرد.
How does the prefix in باسواد work to mean 'educated'?
It uses the prefix با (bâ-), which means 'with', attached to the noun سواد (savâd), meaning 'literacy' or 'reading and writing skills'. Together, باسواد literally means 'with literacy' (educated). You can create its exact opposite by using the prefix بی (bi-, without) to make بیسواد (bi-savâd), meaning 'uneducated' or 'illiterate'.
Why does the Farsi sentence use past tense verbs (بود and پیدا میکرد) for a present hypothetical situation?
This sentence is an unreal conditional, describing a hypothetical situation right now. In Farsi, just like in English, we step back into the past tense to show a situation is not currently real. The 'if' clause uses the simple past tense (بود, was/were) and the result clause uses the imperfect past tense (پیدا میکرد, was finding / would find).
Why is there an 'i' at the end of شغلی in the phrase شغلی دیگر?
The suffix ی (-i) is the indefinite article in Farsi, meaning 'a' or 'an'. So شغلی means 'a job'. The adjective دیگر (digar) means 'other'. Together, شغلی دیگر is a natural way to say 'another job'. Another very common way to say this is یک شغل دیگر (yek shoghl-e digar).
How is the compound verb پیدا میکرد formed in this sentence?
It comes from the compound verb پیدا کردن (peydâ kardan), meaning 'to find'. To form the imperfect tense (used here to mean 'would find'), the prefix می (mi-) is added only to the conjugated 'light verb' part (کرد). The non-verbal first part (پیدا) remains completely unchanged.
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