Word
ازدحام بازار چنان زیاد بود که نتوانستیم پرسه بزنیم.
Meaning
The congestion in the market was so great that we couldn't wander around.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of ازدحام بازار چنان زیاد بود که نتوانستیم پرسه بزنیم.
بودنbudan
to be
زیادziyâd
a lot
توانستنtavânestan
to be able to
کهke
that (conjunction)
Questions & Answers about ازدحام بازار چنان زیاد بود که نتوانستیم پرسه بزنیم.
How does the چنان ... که structure work in this sentence?
It creates the "so [adjective] that" meaning taught in this lesson. Here, چنان (so) comes right before the adjective زیاد (much/great), followed by the verb بود (was), and then که (that) introduces the result: we couldn't wander around.
The lesson mentions that چنان ... که can take either an indicative or subjunctive clause. Why is پرسه بزنیم (we wander) in the subjunctive here?
The subjunctive is actually triggered by the verb نتوانستیم (we could not), not by the که (that) clause itself. The main verb of the result clause is نتوانستیم, which is in the simple past (indicative) because it states a factual result. However, the verb توانستن (to be able to) always forces its secondary verb into the subjunctive mood.
I already know شلوغی means crowdedness. Is ازدحام used the same way?
Yes, ازدحام is a slightly more formal word for a crowd, congestion, or throng. While شلوغی بازار is perfectly fine and very common in daily speech, ازدحام strongly emphasizes the physical congestion and squeezing together of people.
What is the infinitive for "wander around" and how does it conjugate?
The infinitive is the compound verb پرسه زدن, which pairs پرسه (a stroll or wander) with the light verb زدن (to hit/strike). As with most compound verbs, only the second part conjugates, which is why the subjunctive prefix attaches to the second word to make .