Breakdown of چند ماه طول میکشد تا دورهی بارداری به زایمان برسد.
بهbe
to
چندchand
how many / several / a few
تاtâ
so that
رسیدنrasidan
to arrive
طول کشیدنtul keshidan
to take (time) / to last
ماهmâh
month
دورهdowre
course
زایمانzâyemân
childbirth / delivery
بارداریbârdâri
pregnancy
طولtul
length; duration (dar tul-e = during)
Questions & Answers about چند ماه طول میکشد تا دورهی بارداری به زایمان برسد.
How does the impersonal duration structure work in this exact sentence?
It follows the pattern taught in this lesson: first the time expression (chand mâh), then the fixed phrase tul mi-keshad (it takes), followed by tâ (until/for), the subject of the action (dowre-ye bârdâri), and finally the verb in the present subjunctive (be-rasad).
Why does chand mâh mean 'a few months' instead of 'how many months', and why is the word for month singular?
The word chand means 'how many' in a question, but in a statement like this one, it means 'a few' or 'several'. In Farsi, nouns that come after numbers or quantity words like chand always remain in their singular form, which is why we use mâh instead of the plural mâh-hâ.
What is the literal meaning of tul mi-keshad?
The word tul means 'length' and kashidan means 'to pull' or 'to drag'. So tul mi-keshad literally means 'it pulls length', which is the standard Farsi idiom for saying an action 'takes time'.
Why is the final verb be-rasad in the subjunctive mood rather than the indicative mi-rasad?
The connecting word tâ triggers the present subjunctive when it introduces an expected future event or goal. Since reaching childbirth is the anticipated outcome that hasn't happened yet, we use the subjunctive prefix be- on the verb rasidan (to reach).
How is the phrase dowre-ye bârdâri (pregnancy period) connected grammatically?
They are connected by the ezâfe, which acts like 'of' in English. Because the first word dowre (period) ends in a silent 'h' that makes an 'e' sound, the ezâfe takes the form of a '-ye' sound bridging the two words to make 'period of pregnancy'.
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