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### Expressing Purpose

To explain the goal behind an action (meaning "in order to"), Farsi uses the preposition **برای** (for) followed by the infinitive form of the verb.

The standard infinitive always ends with the letter **ن**, like in "to escape":

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To explain *why* an action is performed, place **برای** right before this infinitive. This purpose phrase can appear at the beginning of a sentence or in the middle.

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This structure works across all tenses and commands.

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Expressing purpose (barâ-ye)

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
magician / illusionist	شعبده‌بازsho'bade-bâz
to make appear	ظاهر کردنzâher kardan
rabbit	خرگوشkhargush
wand / cane	عصاasâ
The magician uses a wand to make the rabbit appear.	شعبده‌باز برای ظاهر کردن خرگوش از عصا استفاده می‌کند.sho'bade-bâz barâye zâher kardan-e khargush az asâ estefâde mikonad.
to escape	فرار کردنfarâr kardan
handcuffs	دستبندdastband
lock	قفلqofl
To escape, the magician must open the handcuffs and the lock.	برای فرار کردن، شعبده‌باز باید دستبند و قفل را باز کند.barâye farâr kardan, sho'bade-bâz bâyad dastband va qofl râ bâz konad.
to make disappear	غیب کردنghayb kardan
dove / pigeon	کبوترkabutar
To make the dove disappear, look carefully at the box!	برای غیب کردن کبوتر، به جعبه خوب نگاه کن!barâye gheybe kardan-e kabutar, be ja'be-ye khub negâh kon!
sleeve	آستینâstin
To deceive the audience, hide the card in your sleeve!	برای گول زدن تماشاگر، کارت را در آستین خود پنهان کن!barâye gol zadan tamâshâgar, kârt râ dar âstin khod penhân kon!
If you want to learn this trick, use a wand to make the dove appear.	اگر می‌خواهی این ترفند را یاد بگیری، برای ظاهر کردن کبوتر از عصا استفاده کن.agar mikhâhi in tarfand râ yâd begiri, barâye zâher kardan-e kabutar az asâ estefâde kon.
Because of the danger, the magician never uses fire to make the wand disappear.	به خاطر خطر، شعبده‌باز هرگز برای غیب کردن عصا از آتش استفاده نمی‌کند.be khâtere khatar, sho'bade-bâz hargez barâye gheyb kardan-e asâ az âtash estefâde nemikonad.
I always bring a secret key to escape from the handcuffs.	من همیشه برای فرار کردن از دستبند یک کلید مخفی می‌آورم.man hamishe barâye farâr kardan az dastband yek kalid makhfi mi'âvaram
Because of the small sleeve, the magician could not use this coat to make the rabbit appear.	به دلیل آستین کوچک، شعبده‌باز نتوانست برای ظاهر کردن خرگوش از این کت استفاده کند.be dalil âstin kuchak, sho'bade-bâz natavânest barâye zâher kardan khargush az in kot estefâde konad.
The magician broke the lock with a hammer to escape from the box.	شعبده‌باز برای فرار کردن از جعبه، قفل را با چکش شکست.sho'bade-bâz barâye farâr kardan az ja'be, ghofl râ bâ chekosh shekast.
The magician put the key in his sleeve to escape.	شعبده‌باز برای فرار کردن، کلید را در آستین خود گذاشت.sho'bade-bâz barâye farâr kardan, kelid râ dar âstin khod gozâsht.