Breakdown of هویج و سیب را شستم.
و
and
سیبsib
apple
راrâ
definite direct object marker
شستنshostan
to wash
هویجhavij
carrot
Questions & Answers about هویج و سیب را شستم.
Why is را only used once after both the carrot and the apple?
When you have a list of items acting together as the direct object, the object marker را only goes at the very end of the whole list. You do not need to repeat it and say هویج را و سیب را.
There is no word for 'the' in the Farsi sentence. How do we know it is 'the' carrot and 'the' apple?
The word را tells us that the direct object is specific. In Farsi, when a direct object is followed by را, it translates to 'the' in English. Without را, the nouns would just mean generic 'carrots and apples'.
Could this sentence also mean 'I washed the carrots and the apples' (plural)?
Yes! In Persian, it is very common to use singular nouns for categories of things like fruits and vegetables, even if you are talking about more than one. You will usually understand whether it was one apple or multiple apples from the context of the conversation.
How is the verb شستم built in this sentence?
It is in the simple past tense. It comes from the infinitive شستن (to wash). To make the past tense for 'I', you take the past stem شست and add the first-person ending ـَم (-am).
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