Breakdown of احتمالاً سهلانگاری او باعث شد که فیوز پریده باشد.
او
he/she
پریدنparidan
to jump / to blow (of a fuse)
کهke
that (conjunction)
باعث شدنbâ'es shodan
to cause
Questions & Answers about احتمالاً سهلانگاری او باعث شد که فیوز پریده باشد.
Why is the verb پریده باشد in the past subjunctive here instead of the present subjunctive?
The present subjunctive (بپرد) is normally used after باعث شد که to mean 'caused it to blow'. However, using the past subjunctive (پریده باشد) translates closer to 'caused it to have blown'. This is commonly used when deducing what happened after the fact—the speaker is looking at a blown fuse now and deducing that past negligence caused the completed event.
I know پریدن means 'to jump' or 'to fly'. Does it literally mean the fuse jumped here?
Not literally! In Farsi, the verb پریدن is used idiomatically to describe a fuse or a circuit breaker 'tripping' or 'blowing'. You can think of the breaker switch physically 'jumping' to the off position.
How is the word سهلانگاری (negligence) formed?
It is a compound word. سهل means 'easy' or 'simple', and انگاری comes from the verb انگاشتن meaning 'to suppose' or 'to consider'. So it literally means 'considering things easy', which perfectly describes negligence or carelessness.
Could we drop the word که in this sentence?
Yes. Just like the word 'that' in English, the conjunction که connecting the causation verb to the subjunctive clause is often dropped in spoken and casual written Farsi. Saying باعث شد فیوز پریده باشد is perfectly natural.