Learn Farsi: به دلیل خرابی، دو ساعت طول می‌کشد تا تردد به سرفاصله‌ی عادی برگردد. - Due to the breakdown, it takes two hours until movement returns to the normal headway.

به دلیل خرابی، دو ساعت طول می‌کشد تا تردد به سرفاصله‌ی عادی برگردد.be dalil-e kharâbi, do sâ'at tul mikeshad tâ taraddod be sarfâsele-ye âdi bargardad.

Due to the breakdown, it takes two hours until movement returns to the normal headway.

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Questions & Answers about به دلیل خرابی، دو ساعت طول می‌کشد تا تردد به سرفاصله‌ی عادی برگردد.

How would we apply this lesson's grammar to say 'Due to the breakdown itself'?

You would use the emphatic identity modifier خود (khod-e) right before the target noun. In this sentence, the phrase would become به دلیل خود خرابی (be dalil-e khod-e kharābi).

Why is the verb برگردد (bargardad) in the subjunctive mood here?

The conjunction تا (tā), meaning 'until' in this context, describes an anticipated outcome or future condition that hasn't happened yet. This dependency on a future event triggers the subjunctive mood for the following verb.

What is the literal meaning of سرفاصله (sar-fāsele)?

It combines سر (sar), meaning 'head' or 'beginning', and فاصله (fāsele), meaning 'distance' or 'interval'. In public transit, it is the technical term for 'headway'—the scheduled time interval between trains or buses on the same route.

Could I use طول می‌کشد (tul mikeshad) to say something 'takes up' physical space?

No, طول کشیدن (tul keshidan)—literally 'to pull length'—is exclusively used for durations of time. If you want to say something takes up physical space, you would use a verb like جا گرفتن (jā gereftan).