Breakdown of فروشنده کاهو را در سبد گذاشت.
درdar
in
راrâ
definite direct object marker
گذاشتنgozâshtan
to put
فروشندهforushande
seller
سبدsabad
basket
کاهوkâhu
lettuce
Questions & Answers about فروشنده کاهو را در سبد گذاشت.
How is the word فروشنده (seller) built?
It is made by taking the present stem of the verb to sell (فروختن), which is فروش, and adding the suffix ـنده. This suffix is used to describe a person who does an action, just like the -er ending in English.
Why do we need the word را after کاهو (lettuce)?
The word را is a marker that shows the noun before it is a definite direct object. Because the seller is putting a specific, known lettuce into the basket (the lettuce), we must use را right after it. If they were just putting some lettuce in general, we would drop را.
The word در can also mean door. How do we know it means in here?
You can tell by how it is used in the sentence! Here, در sits right before a noun (سبد or basket) and acts as a preposition meaning in or inside. If it meant door, it would usually be acting as a subject or an object.
What is the infinitive form of the verb گذاشت (put)?
The infinitive is گذاشتن (to put or to place). In this sentence, گذاشت is the simple past tense for the third-person singular (he/she put). The past stem is always formed by simply dropping the final ـن from the infinitive.
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