Breakdown of به محض اینکه کوزه رو تو کوره بذاره، ترک میخوره.
درdar
in
راrâ
definite direct object marker
گذاشتنgozâshtan
to put
کوزهkuze
jug
کورهkure
kiln
به محض اینکهbe mahz-e inke
as soon as
ترک خوردنtarak khordan
to crack
Questions & Answers about به محض اینکه کوزه رو تو کوره بذاره، ترک میخوره.
Why is the verb بذاره (bezâre) in the present subjunctive here?
Because of the phrase به محض اینکه (as soon as). When you are talking about a general truth (like a pitcher cracking) or a future event, you follow به محض اینکه with the present subjunctive. If you were talking about an event that already happened in the past, you would follow it with the simple past instead.
How does the verb بذاره (bezâre) relate to the infinitive گذاشتن (gozâshtan)?
It's the heavily contracted, spoken form. The present stem of گذاشتن (to put) is گذار (gozâr). In formal written Farsi, the present subjunctive for "he/she puts" is بگذارد (begozârad). In everyday speech, the گ (g) is dropped and the ـَد (-ad) ending changes to ـه (-e), resulting in بذاره (bezâre).
Why is the verb خوردن (xordan), meaning "to eat", used in ترک میخوره?
In Farsi, خوردن is often used in compound verbs to show that a subject receives an impact, suffers damage, or undergoes a physical change. ترک (tarak) means "crack". So ترک خوردن (tarak xordan) literally means "to eat a crack," which is the standard Farsi way to say "to crack" or "to get cracked."
Why is تو used before کوره? Doesn't it mean "you"?
While تو (to) does mean "you", in this sentence it is the word تو (tu). This is the everyday spoken version of در (dar) or توی (tuye), meaning "in" or "inside". Therefore, تو کوره simply means "in the kiln".
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