Breakdown of اگر وقت داشتند، نود درصد مردم پرسشنامه را کامل میکردند.
نودnavad
ninety
وقتvaght
time
داشتنdâshtan
to have
راrâ
definite direct object marker
کامل کردنkâmel kardan
to complete
مردمmardom
people
درصدdar-sad
percent
اگرagar
if
پرسشنامهporseshnâme
questionnaire
Questions & Answers about اگر وقت داشتند، نود درصد مردم پرسشنامه را کامل میکردند.
How is the phrase 'ninety percent of the people' constructed here?
You place the number navad (ninety) before darsad (percent), and then use the ezafe vowel to connect it to the noun. This creates navad darsad-e mardom, which works just like the English word 'of'.
Why does the verb میکردند (would complete) take the plural ending -and if 'ninety percent' is just one statistic?
Verb agreement in Farsi depends on the logical subject. Even though ninety percent is a single mathematical amount, it describes mardom (people). Because 'people' represents a plural human group, the verb takes the plural form.
This sentence means 'would complete', but میکردند is in the past tense. Why?
This sentence is a hypothetical or unreal conditional. Just like in English ('If they had time...'), Farsi uses past tense forms to talk about imaginary situations in the present. The result clause uses the past continuous (mi-kardand) to mean 'would complete'.
Why do we need را after پرسشنامه?
The word rā is the specific direct object marker. Because the sentence refers to 'the questionnaire' (a specific one that the people were asked to fill out) rather than just any random questionnaire, we must use rā after porseshnāme.
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