Breakdown of دو ساعت طول میکشد تا گیمر بازی مجازی را تمام کند.
دوdo
two
ساعتsâ'at
o'clock (the hour)
راrâ
definite direct object marker
طول کشیدنtul keshidan
to take (time) / to last
تاtâ
until
بازیbâzi
game
تمام کردنtamâm kardan
to finish
مجازیmajâzi
virtual
گیمرgeymer
gamer
Questions & Answers about دو ساعت طول میکشد تا گیمر بازی مجازی را تمام کند.
How does طول میکشد literally translate to mean 'it takes'?
The compound verb طول کشیدن literally means 'to pull length' (طول = length, کشیدن = to pull/draw). Farsi uses this verb to express how long an action takes or lasts. Instead of saying 'it takes two hours' (which might tempt you to wrongly use گرفتن, to take), you say دو ساعت طول میکشد (literally: 'it pulls length two hours').
Why do we use تا here instead of a direct translation for the English word 'for'?
English speakers are used to the structure 'It takes time FOR someone to do something.' Farsi approaches this differently: 'It takes time UNTIL someone does something.' Here, تا translates to 'until' or 'so that', acting as the bridge that connects the duration to the concluding action.
Why is the final verb تمام کند in the subjunctive mood?
The conjunction تا triggers the subjunctive mood when it points to an anticipated outcome or a goal that hasn't been realized yet. Since finishing the game is an event dependent on those two hours passing, it requires the present subjunctive تمام کند rather than the indicative mood.
How would we change this sentence to use the Future Perfect and say 'In two hours, the gamer will have finished the virtual game'?
To form the Future Perfect, you need the past participle of the main verb plus the conjugated future form of بودن. For تمام کردن in the third-person singular, this becomes تمام کرده خواهد بود. The transformed sentence would be: دو ساعت دیگر، گیمر بازی مجازی را تمام کرده خواهد بود (In two hours, the gamer will have finished the virtual game).
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