Breakdown of شنیده میشود که جادوگر باید افسانه را باور کرده باشد.
بودنbudan
to be
شنیدنshenidan
to hear
راrâ
definite direct object marker
بایدbâyad
must
کهke
that (conjunction)
شدنshodan
to become
باور کردنbâvar kardan
to believe
افسانهafsâne
myth / legend
جادوگرjâdugar
sorcerer / witch
Questions & Answers about شنیده میشود که جادوگر باید افسانه را باور کرده باشد.
Why is shenide mi-shavad translated as "It is rumored" rather than "It is heard"?
While shenide mi-shavad literally translates to "it is heard," in Farsi it frequently functions as an impersonal passive reporting verb meaning "it is rumored" or "word is going around." You form it by combining the past participle shenide (heard) with the third-person singular present of the auxiliary verb "to become," which is mi-shavad.
The lesson says these reporting verbs are usually followed by the indicative mood. Why is the verb here in the subjunctive (bashad)?
You are right that phrases like shenide mi-shavad ke normally take the indicative mood because they are simply reporting a statement or rumor. However, in this specific sentence, the reported clause contains the word bayad (must). Bayad is a strong trigger that overrides the reporting verb's default rule, forcing the final verb into the subjunctive mood.
How do we build bavar karde bashad to get the meaning "have believed"?
This is the perfect subjunctive tense, which is used here because bayad requires the subjunctive and we are talking about a completed action in the past ("must have believed"). You form it by taking the past participle of the main verb (bavar karde) and adding the present subjunctive of "to be" (bashad).
In the phrase afsane ra bavar karde bashad, why does ra come before bavar instead of after it?
Bavar kardan (to believe) is a compound verb made of the noun bavar (belief) and the light verb kardan (to do). The word afsane (legend) is the actual direct object. The definite object marker ra always attaches directly to the object noun phrase, so it must come right before the non-verbal part of the compound verb.
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