Breakdown of او اشتباه کرد، بنابراین نتیجه قطعی نبود.
او
he/she
بودنbudan
to be
بنابراینbanâbar-in
therefore
قطعیqat'i
definitive / certain
نتیجهnatije
result
اشتباه کردنeshtebâh kardan
to make a mistake
Questions & Answers about او اشتباه کرد، بنابراین نتیجه قطعی نبود.
How does بنابراین work in this sentence, and could I use پس instead?
بنابراین (therefore) introduces the result of the first action. It comes right at the beginning of the second clause. You could absolutely use پس (so) here instead. بنابراین is slightly more formal or written, while پس is very common in everyday conversation.
Why does Farsi use کرد (did) instead of a verb for 'made' in اشتباه کرد?
Farsi relies heavily on compound verbs. The verb for 'to make a mistake' is اشتباه کردن (literally 'to do a mistake'). Here, کرد is the simple past tense meaning 'he did', so او اشتباه کرد translates to 'he made a mistake.'
Is the ی at the end of قطعی the same one used for 'a' or 'an'?
No, here the ی is a suffix that forms adjectives. It attaches to a root word to describe a quality. It looks exactly like the indefinite ی (which means 'a' or 'an'), but its job here is to create the adjective قطعی (definitive or certain).
Why is the verb نبود at the very end of the sentence?
Remember that Farsi sentences usually put the verb at the very end. When a sentence is split into two parts (clauses) by a conjunction like بنابراین, each part keeps its own verb at the end of its own section. That is why نبود (was not) comes at the very end of the second half.
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