Breakdown of رهگذران پراکنده شدهاند.
رهگذرrahgozar
passerby
پراکنده شدنparâkande shodan
to scatter / to disperse
Questions & Answers about رهگذران پراکنده شدهاند.
Why does the verb شدهاند end in the plural -and?
Because the subject, رهگذران (passersby), is a plural group of people. In Farsi, when a plural subject is animate (living things like people or animals), the verb must take a plural ending. If the scattered things were inanimate (like books or leaves), the verb would usually just take a singular 3rd-person ending.
How is the word رهگذران put together?
It combines rah (path/road) and gozar (the present root for passing) to mean 'passerby'. The -an at the end is the plural suffix that Farsi generally reserves for humans and animals.
Why use the present perfect شدهاند instead of the simple past?
شدهاند translates literally to 'they have become'. The present perfect is used here to show that the result of the past action is still true right now—the passersby scattered, and they are still gone. If you used the simple past شدند (shodand), it would just mean they scattered at some specific time in the past, without emphasizing the currently empty street.
Is پراکنده شدهاند a compound verb?
Yes! پراکنده (parakandeh) is an adjective meaning 'scattered' or 'dispersed'. When paired with the helper verb شدن (shodan, meaning 'to become'), it creates the intransitive compound verb پراکنده شدن, meaning 'to scatter' or 'to disperse'.
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