Breakdown of مجری دارد با میکروفون صحبت میکند.
باbâ
with
داشتنdâshtan
to have
صحبت کردنsohbat kardan
to speak / to talk
مجریmojri
presenter
میکروفونmikrofon
microphone
Questions & Answers about مجری دارد با میکروفون صحبت میکند.
Why do we need both dârad and mikonad to say 'is speaking'?
This is the standard way to form the present progressive in Farsi. While sohbat mikonad alone can mean 'speaks' or 'is speaking', adding the auxiliary verb dârad (from dâshtan, to have) emphasizes that the action is happening right at this very moment.
Why are dârad and sohbat mikonad separated by the words for 'with the microphone'?
In formal or written Farsi, the auxiliary verb for the present progressive (dârad) is usually placed right after the subject (mojri). The main verb (sohbat mikonad) always goes at the very end of the sentence. Any extra information gets sandwiched between them.
How would this sentence sound in casual spoken Farsi?
In everyday speech, the third-person singular verbs lose their final 'd' sound. dârad becomes dâre, and mikonad becomes mikone. So you would hear: mojri dâre bâ mikrofon sohbat mikone.
What exactly is the word sohbat doing in this sentence?
sohbat is a noun meaning 'speech' or 'conversation'. Farsi relies heavily on compound verbs, where a noun is paired with a basic helper verb to create an action. Here, sohbat is paired with kardan (to do), which is conjugated as mikonad, to mean 'to speak'.
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