Breakdown of متصدی به من گفت که خود سرفاصله تغییر نکرده است.
من
I
بهbe
to
گفتنgoftan
to say / to tell
کهke
that (conjunction)
Questions & Answers about متصدی به من گفت که خود سرفاصله تغییر نکرده است.
How does khod work here to mean 'itself'?
To use khod as an emphatic modifier meaning 'the [noun] itself' or 'the very [noun]', you place it directly before the noun and connect them with an ezafe. So, khod-e sarfaseleh means 'the headway itself'. Notice that it does not take personal suffixes here, unlike when it acts as a reflexive pronoun.
The word for 'headway' here is sarfaseleh. How is this compound word formed?
It combines sar (head, tip, or beginning) with faseleh (distance, gap, or interval). In technical or transportation contexts, sarfaseleh refers specifically to the 'headway' or time interval between scheduled buses or trains.
Why is the verb taghyir nakardeh ast (has not changed) in the present perfect tense after a past tense reporting verb?
In Persian, when reporting someone's speech indirectly using ke (that), the subordinate clause often retains the exact tense the original speaker used. The operator originally stated 'The headway has not changed' using the present perfect to emphasize the ongoing state, so that tense is kept in the reported sentence.
Does motesaddi refer to someone operating heavy machinery?
No, motesaddi means a clerk, an attendant, or the person in charge of a specific administrative task or counter. In this transit context, it refers to the station attendant or ticket agent, not a machine operator.