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### Expressing Possibility

To talk about things that might happen—like sudden schedule changes on an unpredictable film set—Farsi uses the word **شاید** (perhaps / might).

Because **شاید** introduces doubt or uncertainty, it requires the main verb of the clause to be in the **Present Subjunctive**. This single structure is used to express possibilities for both the present and the future.

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### Word Order

**شاید** typically sits at or near the beginning of the sentence or clause. As always in Farsi, the verb (in its subjunctive form) waits at the very end.

Everything else—the subjects (like the makeup artist or sound recordist), the direct objects, and any prepositional phrases—goes in between. Notice how this structure wraps around the rest of the sentence details:

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Present possibility (shâyad)

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
scheduling	زمان‌بندیzamân-bandi
filming	فیلم‌برداریfilmbardâri
The filming schedule might change today.	شاید زمان‌بندی فیلم‌برداری امروز تغییر کند.shâyad zamân-bandi film-bardâri emruz taghyir konad.
coordination	هماهنگیhamâhangi
Because of this problem, perhaps coordination will take time.	به دلیل این مشکل، شاید هماهنگی طول بکشد.be dalil-e in moshkel, shâyad hamâhangi tul bekeshad
makeup artist	گریمورgrimor
sound recordist	صدابردارsedâ-bardâr
The makeup artist might go, I'm telling the sound recordist for coordination.	شاید گریمور بره، واسه هماهنگی به صدابردار میگم.shâyad gerimor bore, vâse hamâhangi be sedâbardâr migam.
logistics	تدارکاتtadârokât
backup (supporter)	پشتیبانposhtibân
The sound recordist might bring backup equipment for the logistics.	شاید صدابردار برای تدارکات تجهیزات پشتیبان بیاورد.shâyad sedâbardâr barâye tadârokât tajhizât poshtibân biâvarad.
stunt double	بدلکارbadalkâr
I wish we had a backup stunt double for this filming.	ای کاش یک بدلکار پشتیبان برای این فیلم‌برداری داشتیم.ey kâsh yek badalkâr poshtibân barâye in film-bardâri dâshtim.
extra (actor)	سیاهی‌لشکرsiyâhi-ye lashkar
Nobody saw the stunt double and the extras in the logistics section.	هیچ‌کس بدلکار و سیاهی‌لشکر را در بخش تدارکات ندید.hich-kas badal-kâr o siyâhi-lashkar râ dar bakhsh tadârokât nadid.
The makeup artist might prepare the extras without delay.	شاید گریمور سیاهی‌لشکر را بدون تاخیر آماده کند.shâyad gerimor siyâhi-lashkar râ bedun ta'khir âmâde konad.
editing	تدوینtadvin
The backup team might delay the editing because of the schedule.	شاید تیم پشتیبان تدوین را به خاطر زمان‌بندی عقب بیندازد.shâyad tim poshtibân tadvin râ be khâter zamânbandi aqab biyandâzad.
Before we finish the filming, nobody will start the editing.	قبل از اینکه فیلم‌برداری را تمام کنیم، هیچ‌کس تدوین را شروع نمی‌کند.ghabl az in-ke film-bardâri râ tamâm konim, hich-kas tadvin râ shoru' nemikonad.
Without coordination, the extras might leave the stage.	بدون هماهنگی، شاید سیاهی‌لشکر صحنه را ترک کند.bedun-e hamâhangi, shâyad siyâhilashkar sahne râ tark konad.

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