Breakdown of گرفته شدن این پرندهها در دام غیرقانونی خطرناک است.
است
is
این
this
پرندهparande
bird
درdar
in
گرفتنgereftan
to take / to get
خطرناکkhatarnâk
dangerous
شدنshodan
to become
غیرقانونیgheyrqânuni
illegal
دامdâm
trap
Questions & Answers about گرفته شدن این پرندهها در دام غیرقانونی خطرناک است.
How do we form the phrase "being caught" in this sentence?
By using the passive infinitive. You take the past participle of gereftan (to catch), which is gerefte, and add the infinitive shodan (to become/to be). Used together as gerefte shodan, they act as a verbal noun meaning "being caught" or "to be caught".
How is "these birds" connected to "being caught"?
We use an ezafe (an invisible "e" sound) to link them, creating gerefte shodan-e in parande-ha. Literally, this translates to "the being caught of these birds". When a verbal noun is followed by the thing experiencing the action, the ezafe simply connects them.
Since "these birds" is plural (parande-ha), why is the verb at the end singular (ast)?
Because "these birds" isn't the actual subject of the sentence! The true subject is the action itself: gerefte shodan (being caught). Since this verbal noun is a single abstract concept, it takes the singular verb ast (is).
How does the word gheyr-e-qanuni (غیرقانونی) break down?
Qanuni means "legal" (from qanun, meaning "law"). The word gheyr is used before adjectives as a negative prefix, similar to "non-" or "il-" in English. Linked by an ezafe, gheyr-e-qanuni means "illegal".
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