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To express that one action happens immediately after another, use **به محض اینکه** (as soon as).

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### Present and Future Actions

For present or future actions, the verb following **به محض اینکه** takes the **Present Subjunctive**.

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### Past Actions

For past events, the verb following **به محض اینکه** takes the **Simple Past**.

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### Giving Instructions

When giving step-by-step commands, Farsi often uses the Simple Past in the **به محض اینکه** clause, paired with an imperative in the main clause. This emphasizes that the first action must be completely finished before the next step begins.

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As soon as (be mahz-e inke)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

suffix

verb

Singular pronouns and copula (man, -am)

Plural pronouns and copula (mâ, -im)

Subject pronoun omission

Singular demonstratives (in, ân)

Plural demonstratives (inhâ, ânhâ)

Independent copula (hastam, hast)

Negative present copula (nistam, nist)

Yes/No questions (âyâ)

Regular plurals (-hâ)

Animate plurals (-ân)

Indefiniteness (yek)

Indefinite marker (-i)

Describing nouns (-e / -ye)

Possession (-e / -ye)

Singular possessives (-am, -at, -ash)

Plural possessives (-emân, -etân, -eshân)

Basic prepositions (dar, be, az, bâ)

Spatial prepositions (ru-ye, zir-e...)

Numbers 1 to 10 (yek, do, se...)

Numbers and singular nouns

Numbers 11 to 20 (yâzdah, davâzdah...)

Counting by tens to 100

Telling time (sâ'at)

The verb to have (dâram)

Negative to have (nadâram)

Basic word order (SOV)

Infinitives and present stems (-an)

Present indicative (mi-)

Negative present indicative (nemi-)

Compound verbs

Question words (che, kojâ)

How many (chand)

The definite object marker (râ)

Object pronouns (man râ, to râ)

Singular commands (be-)

Formal and plural commands (be- ... -id)

Negative commands (na-)

The present subjunctive (be-)

The negative present subjunctive (na-)

Must (bâyad)

Might (shâyad)

Wanting to do something (khâstan)

Being able to do something (tavânestan)

Forming the past stem

The simple past of to be (budan)

The simple past tense

Negative simple past (na-)

Attached object pronouns on verbs (-am, -at, -ash)

Comparative adjectives (-tar)

Basic conjunctions (va, ammâ, yâ)

Giving reasons (chon)

Adverbs of frequency and degree (hamishe, hargez, kheyli, kam)

Everyday actions (kâr kardan, bâz kardan)

Non-human plural subjects

Indefinite pronouns (kasi, chizi, jâyi)

Negative indefinite pronouns (hich-kas, hich-chiz, hich-jâ)

Reciprocal pronouns (hamdigar, yekdigar)

Reflexive pronouns (khod-)

Reflexive direct objects (khod râ)

Emphatic pronouns (khod)

The quantifier every (har)

The quantifier all (hame)

The quantifier some (ba'zi)

Another and other (-i digar)

Which (kodâm)

How much (cheghadr)

Comparisons of equality (mesl-e)

Superlative adjectives (-tarin)

Irregular comparatives and superlatives

Ordinal numbers (-om)

Pre-nominal ordinal numbers (-omin)

Fractions and percentages

Prepositions of theme (dar mored-e)

Prepositions of time (ghabl az, ba'd az)

Preposition of exclusion (bedun-e)

Resultative conjunctions (banâbarin, pas)

Hortative construction (biyâ, biyâyid)

The present progressive tense (dâram mi-)

The past continuous tense (mi-)

Negative past continuous (ne-mi-)

Past continuous of to have (dâshtam)

The past progressive tense (dâshtam mi-)

The past participle (-e)

Present perfect tense (-e-am, -e-ast)

Negative present perfect (na-)

Question	Answer
as soon as	به محض اینکهbe mahz-e inke
As soon as the potter shapes the pottery, he puts it under the sun.	به محض اینکه سفالگر به سفال شکل بدهد، آن را زیر آفتاب می‌گذارد.be mahze inke sofâlgar be sofâl shekl bedahad, ân râ zire âftâb migozârad.
to take out / to take off (clothing)	درآوردنdar âvardan
to crack	ترک خوردنtarak khordan
As soon as we took the pitcher out of the kiln, it cracked.	به محض اینکه کوزه را از کوره درآوردیم، ترک خورد.be mahz-e in ke kuze râ az kure dar âvardim, tarak khord.
raw / unbaked	خامkhâm
As soon as you put the raw pottery in the kiln, it cracks because you have not dried it.	به محض اینکه سفال خام را در کوره بگذاری، ترک می‌خورد چون آن را خشک نکرده‌ای.be mahze in-ke sofâle khâm râ dar kure begozâri, tarak mikhorad chon ân râ khoshk nakarde-i.
glaze	لعابlo'âb
As soon as the glaze dries, we put the pitcher in the kiln.	به محض اینکه لعاب خشک بشود، کوزه را در کوره می‌گذاریم.be mahze inke lo'âb khoshk beshavad, kuze râ dar kure migozârim.
Put the raw pitcher in the kiln and as soon as it becomes warm, take it out.	کوزه‌ی خام را در کوره بگذار و به محض اینکه گرم شد، آن را در بیاور.kuze-ye khâm râ dar kure bogzâr va be mahz-e inke garm shod, ân râ dar biyâvar.
As soon as he puts the pitcher in the kiln, it cracks.	به محض اینکه کوزه رو تو کوره بذاره، ترک می‌خوره.be mahz-e inke kuze ro tu kure bezâre, tarak mikhore.
I took the pitcher out of the kiln and as soon as it cooled down, its glaze cracked.	من کوزه را از کوره درآوردم و به محض اینکه سرد شد، لعاب آن ترک خورد.man kuze râ az kure dar-âvordam va be mahze inke sard shod, le'âb ân tarak khord.
As soon as you paint the raw pottery, apply the glaze to it.	به محض اینکه سفال خام را رنگ کردی، به آن لعاب بزن.be mahz-e in-ke sofâl-e khâm râ rang kardi, be ân lo'âb bezan.