Breakdown of احتمال دارد تلاطم سرنشینها را اذیت کند.
داشتنdâshtan
to have
راrâ
definite direct object marker
اذیت کردنaziyat kardan
to bother / to annoy
احتمالehtemâl
probability
تلاطمtalâtom
turbulence
سرنشینsarneshin
passenger (occupant of a vehicle)
Questions & Answers about احتمال دارد تلاطم سرنشینها را اذیت کند.
Why is the verb aziyat konad in the present subjunctive form here?
It is triggered by the impersonal phrase ehtemâl dârad (there is a probability / it is probable). Expressions of probability or possibility require the verb in the following clause to be in the present subjunctive, because the action (bothering the passengers) hasn't actually happened yet and is uncertain.
I thought the present subjunctive needed a be- prefix. Why is it just konad instead of bekonad?
aziyat kardan (to bother) is a compound verb. When forming the subjunctive of a compound verb with kardan, the be- prefix is almost always dropped in standard Farsi. So, you just use the present stem of the light verb (kon-) plus the personal ending (-ad to match the 3rd person singular subject, talâtom).
The English translation says "probability that". Shouldn't there be the word keh (that) after ehtemâl dârad?
There could be! The sentence is grammatically correct as ehtemâl dârad keh talâtom... However, in standard Farsi, the conjunction keh is very often dropped, especially after common introductory phrases like ehtemâl dârad and momken ast.
Why is the direct object marker râ used after sarneshin-hâ?
râ marks the specific, definite direct object of the sentence. The turbulence (talâtom) is the subject doing the bothering, and the passengers (sarneshin-hâ) are the ones receiving the action. Because we are talking about specific passengers (the ones on this particular flight), the definite object marker râ is required.
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