Word
خطر مرگ خیلی زیاد بود و ممکن بود آنها از کوه پرت بشوند.
Meaning
The danger of death was very high, and they could have been thrown off the mountain.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of خطر مرگ خیلی زیاد بود و ممکن بود آنها از کوه پرت بشوند.
آنها
they
و
and
خیلی
very / many (of)
بودنbudan
to be
Questions & Answers about خطر مرگ خیلی زیاد بود و ممکن بود آنها از کوه پرت بشوند.
Why is the verb پرت بشوند in the present subjunctive when the sentence is about the past ('could have been thrown')?
This is the standard way to express past possibility in Farsi. You use the past tense phrase ممکن بود (it was possible) followed by the main action in the present subjunctive. So ممکن بود + present subjunctive translates to 'could have' or 'might have' done something.
What is the infinitive of پرت بشوند and how does it work here?
The infinitive is پرت شدن which means to be thrown off, fall, or plunge. It is a compound verb, so the subjunctive prefix ب attaches to the helping verb شدن, creating پرت بشوند to match the subject آنها (they).
Why is زیاد (a lot/much) used to mean 'high' in the phrase خیلی زیاد بود?
In English, danger is often described as 'high'. In Farsi, abstract concepts like danger, risk, or probability use زیاد (much) or کم (little). You wouldn't use بلند, which refers strictly to physical height.
Why does the pronoun آنها (they) come after ممکن بود instead of before it?
The phrase ممکن بود acts as an impersonal clause meaning 'it was possible that'. The word آنها is the subject of the second, dependent clause ('...they be thrown off'), so it belongs right before its own phrase از کوه پرت بشوند.