Breakdown of اگر پادشاه اینجا حکومت میکرد، آنها در صلح زندگی میکردند.
آنها
they
اینجاinjâ
here
درdar
in
زندگی کردنzendegi kardan
to live
پادشاهpâdeshâh
king
اگرagar
if
حکومت کردنhokumat kardan
to rule / to govern
صلحsolh
peace (absence of war)
Questions & Answers about اگر پادشاه اینجا حکومت میکرد، آنها در صلح زندگی میکردند.
Why does the "if" clause use حکومت میکرد (Past Continuous) instead of the Simple Past?
In Farsi second conditionals (talking about unreal or imaginary situations in the present), the "if" clause takes either the Simple Past or the Past Continuous. Because "ruling" is a continuous, ongoing state, using the Past Continuous (حکومت میکرد) is often preferred here to mean "If he were ruling".
How does Farsi express "they would live" in the second half of the sentence?
By using the Past Continuous tense again! To say what would happen in an imaginary present scenario, Farsi uses the Past Continuous in the main clause. Here, زندگی میکردند (which normally means "they were living") translates to "they would live".
Where does the prefix می go when conjugating compound verbs like "to rule" and "to live"?
In compound verbs, the می prefix always attaches to the beginning of the verbal part (usually a "helper" verb like کردن, meaning "to do"), not the noun part. So for حکومت کردن (to rule) and زندگی کردن (to live), the prefix goes in the middle, creating حکومت میکرد and زندگی میکردند.
Does در صلح translate word-for-word to "in peace"?
Yes, it does! Farsi uses the preposition در (in) and the noun صلح (peace) exactly as we do in English. You can pair it with زندگی کردن to say "to live in peace" (در صلح زندگی کردن).
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