Breakdown of اون فیلمبردار داره تو اون کانال کار میکنه.
آن
that
درdar
in
داشتنdâshtan
to have
کار کردنkâr kardan
to work
Questions & Answers about اون فیلمبردار داره تو اون کانال کار میکنه.
Why are dâre and kâr mikone separated by other words in this sentence?
The present progressive uses the auxiliary verb dâshtan (here, dâre) plus the main verb in the present continuous (kâr mikone). The auxiliary verb is usually placed right after the subject, while the main verb stays at the very end of the sentence. Any location phrases, like tu un kânâl, get sandwiched in between.
I notice several colloquial shortenings here. What is the formal written version of this sentence?
The formal written version is: آن فیلمبردار دارد در آن کانال کار میکند. In everyday speech, ân becomes un, the formal preposition dar (in) is swapped for tu, and the third-person singular verbs drop their final 'd', so dârad becomes dâre and mikonad becomes mikone.
Can I split up the compound verb and say dâre kâr tu un kânâl mikone?
No, that would sound unnatural. With compound verbs like kâr kardan (to work), the non-verbal part (kâr) stays tightly attached to the conjugated verb (mikone). They generally need to stay together at the end of the clause.
How is the vocabulary word فیلمبردار (filmbardâr) constructed?
It combines film (film or movie) with bardâr, which is the present stem of the verb (to take or pick up). This is a common pattern in Farsi: combining a noun with a present verb stem to describe a profession or the doer of an action, literally translating here to a 'film-taker'.