Breakdown of این پیروزی بود که یک واقعهی مهم شد.
این
this
بودنbudan
to be
یکyek
one / a, an
کهke
that (conjunction)
مهمmohemm
important
شدنshodan
to become
پیروزیpirouzi
victory
واقعهvâghe'e
event (incident, occurrence)
Questions & Answers about این پیروزی بود که یک واقعهی مهم شد.
Why does the Farsi sentence start with این when the English translation says 'It was' instead of 'This was'?
In Farsi cleft sentences, این is used exactly like the dummy 'It' in English phrases like 'It is...' or 'It was...'. The structure این [X] بود که focuses on the noun and translates structurally as 'This was [X] that...', but natural English requires 'It was [X] that...'.
Why is there a ی added to the end of واقعه before مهم?
The word واقعه (event) ends in a silent 'h', which is pronounced as an 'e' sound. To connect it to the adjective مهم (important), we need the Ezafe linking vowel. After a vowel sound, the Ezafe becomes a 'ye' sound to prevent two vowels from crashing together, which is written here as ی.
Why does the second clause end with شد instead of another بود?
While بود means 'was', شد is the past tense of شدن (to become). Using شد shows a change of state, highlighting that the victory 'became' or 'turned into' a major event, rather than just stating that it 'was' one.
Why are the verbs placed where they are in this sentence?
The sentence is made of two clauses: the cleft focus (این پیروزی بود) and the relative clause (که یک واقعهی مهم شد). Because Farsi typically places verbs at the end of a clause, بود finishes the first part, and شد finishes the second part at the very end of the sentence.
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