Breakdown of ماشینی که بدلکار در آن بود، احتمال داشت منفجر بشود.
آن
that
بودنbudan
to be
ماشینmâshin
car
درdar
in
داشتنdâshtan
to have
کهke
that (conjunction)
منفجر شدنmonfajer shodan
to explode
احتمالehtemâl
probability
بدلکارbadalkâr
stunt double
Questions & Answers about ماشینی که بدلکار در آن بود، احتمال داشت منفجر بشود.
Why is بشود in the present subjunctive when the sentence is talking about a past possibility (احتمال داشت)?
Even though the possibility existed in the past (احتمال داشت, "it was likely"), the action of exploding was a potential event that hadn't happened yet at that moment. In Farsi, when you use a past phrase like احتمال داشت or ممکن بود to talk about a potential outcome, you use the present subjunctive for the action.
Does ماشینی mean "a car"? Why does the English translation say "The car in which..."?
In this context, the ی at the end of ماشین doesn't mean "a" (the indefinite article). Instead, it links the noun to the relative clause that follows it. You can think of ماشینی که as a set grammatical phrase meaning "the specific car that...". This is how Farsi points to an exact object before describing it.
Why does the Farsi sentence say در آن بود (was in it) instead of just saying "was in" like we often do in English?
English allows you to leave a preposition dangling in a relative clause ("the car that he was in"), but Farsi does not. It requires a pronoun to complete the phrase, so it literally says "The car that the stuntman was in it" (در آن). This "resumptive pronoun" is mandatory in Farsi to show how the noun connects to the rest of the clause.
How do we form the subjunctive for the compound verb "to explode" in this sentence?
The infinitive is منفجر شدن. To make a compound verb subjunctive, only the "helping" verb part changes. Here, شدن becomes بشود (or the spoken form بشه). The first part of the compound verb, منفجر, stays exactly the same. You will see this pattern with almost all compound verbs ending in شدن.
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