Word
آشپز داشت در آشپزخانه کار میکرد.
Meaning
The cook was working in the kitchen.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of آشپز داشت در آشپزخانه کار میکرد.
درdar
in
داشتنdâshtan
to have
کار کردنkâr kardan
to work
آشپزخانهâshpazkhâne
kitchen
Questions & Answers about آشپز داشت در آشپزخانه کار میکرد.
How do we form the 'was working' tense in this sentence?
This is the Past Progressive tense. It uses the past tense of dâshtan (to have) as an auxiliary (helper) verb, combined with the main verb in the past continuous. Here, dâsht (he/she had) pairs with kâr mi-kard (he/she was working) to mean that the action was ongoing in the past.
Why is the helper verb dâsht separated from the main verb kâr mi-kard?
In the Farsi past progressive, the auxiliary verb (dâsht) usually comes right after the subject (âshpaz). The main verb (kâr mi-kard) still goes at the very end of the sentence. Any other details, like the location (dar âshpazkhâneh), are sandwiched between them.
Why doesn't the mi- prefix go at the very beginning of the verb kâr kardan?
kâr kardan (to work) is a compound verb made of a noun (kâr, meaning work) and a verb (kardan, meaning to do). Tense prefixes like mi- only ever attach to the verb part. Therefore, it becomes kâr mi-kard.
What is the connection between the words âshpaz and âshpazkhâneh?
âshpaz means cook. The suffix -khâneh means house or room, and is often used to name places where specific activities happen. So, an âshpazkhâneh is literally a cook-house, which means kitchen.