Breakdown of به محض اینکه سفال خام را در کوره بگذاری، ترک میخورد چون آن را خشک نکردهای.
آن
that
درdar
in
راrâ
definite direct object marker
گذاشتنgozâshtan
to put
Questions & Answers about به محض اینکه سفال خام را در کوره بگذاری، ترک میخورد چون آن را خشک نکردهای.
Why do we use the present subjunctive بگذاری after به محض اینکه?
به محض اینکه means "as soon as". When talking about a future or general action like putting pottery in a kiln, Farsi uses the present subjunctive. If you were talking about an event that already happened, you would use the simple past tense instead.
Why is the consequence ترک میخورد in the present tense instead of a future tense?
This sentence expresses a general fact or natural consequence, so the present indicative is used, just like in English. While Farsi has a specific future tense, it is rarely used for general conditional consequences like this.
How is the verb خشک نکردهای constructed?
It is the present perfect tense in the negative form, from the compound verb خشک کردن (to dry). You take the negative past participle of the verb, نکرده, and add the "you" suffix ای. Together, it translates to "you have not dried".
Why do we need آن را in the second half of the sentence?
آن means "it", referring back to the raw pottery. Because this pronoun acts as the specific, definite direct object receiving the action of the verb, Farsi requires the object marker را immediately after it.