Breakdown of باران باعثِ این مشکل شد.
این
this
مشکلmoshkel
problem
بارانbârân
rain
باعث شدنbâ'es shodan
to cause
Questions & Answers about باران باعثِ این مشکل شد.
Our current lesson is about be dalil-e and be khâter-e (because of). How is bâ'es-e different?
While be dalil-e means 'because of', bâ'es is a noun that means 'cause'. When paired with the verb shodan (to become), it translates to the active verb 'to cause'. This sentence literally says: 'The rain became the cause of this problem.'
Why is there an unseen 'e' sound (ezâfe) attached to bâ'es?
The ezâfe connects the noun bâ'es (cause) to what it is causing, which is in moshkel (this problem). It acts like the English word 'of', making the phrase mean 'the cause of this problem'.
Why do we use shod (became) here instead of a verb like kardan (to do/make)?
In English, you 'make' or 'cause' a problem to happen. In Farsi, the standard way to express causing something is the compound verb bâ'es shodan (literally 'to become the cause'). Therefore, we conjugate shodan and use shod for the past tense.
Could I rewrite this sentence using be dalil-e instead?
Yes, but you would have to change the grammar. Since bârân (rain) is the active subject doing the causing here, we use bâ'es shod. To use be dalil-e, you would need to flip the sentence around: in moshkel be dalil-e bârân bud (This problem was because of the rain).
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