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### Worth and Capability Adjectives (-i)

In Farsi, you can create adjectives that express capability (like English words ending in "-able") or worthiness ("worth doing") directly from verbs. Simply take the full infinitive of the verb (which always ends in **دن** or **تن**) and attach the suffix **ی**.

For example, the infinitive for "to eat" is **خوردن**. By adding **ی**, you get the adjective **خوردنی** (edible, or worth eating). Similarly, **نوشیدن** (to drink) becomes **نوشیدنی** (drinkable). 

These adjectives are especially useful when foraging for wild food.

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### Worth Picking and Cookable

You can apply this same pattern to other foraging actions. For instance, **چیدن** (to pick) becomes **چیدنی** (worth picking), and **پختن** (to cook) becomes **پختنی** (cookable).

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### Lasting and Worth Keeping

Another helpful adjective when gathering plants is **ماندنی** (lasting, or worth keeping), formed from the infinitive **ماندن** (to stay or remain). 

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Worth and capability adjectives (-i)

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
berry	توتtut
bush	بوتهbote
edible	خوردنیkhordani
Are the berries of this bush edible?	آیا توت‌های این بوته خوردنی هستند؟âyâ tut-hâ-ye in bote khordani hastand?
root	ریشهrishe
We cannot eat the roots of this plant because they are not edible.	ما نمی‌توانیم ریشه‌های این گیاه را بخوریم زیرا خوردنی نیستند.mâ nemitavânim rishehâ-ye in giyâh râ bekhorim zirâ khordani nistand.
worth picking	چیدنیchidani
Only the mushrooms and berries of this forest are worth picking.	فقط قارچ‌ها و توت‌های این جنگل چیدنی هستند.faqat qârch-hâ va tut-hâ-ye in jangal chidani hastand.
stem	ساقهsâghe
The leaves and stems of this wild plant are not worth picking.	برگ‌ها و ساقه‌های این گیاه وحشی چیدنی نیستند.barg-hâ va sâghe-hâye in giâh-e vahshi chidani nistand.
spring	چشمهcheshme
drinkable / beverage	نوشیدنیnushidani
The water of this spring is safe and drinkable.	آب این چشمه امن و نوشیدنی است.âb-e in cheshme amn o nushidani ast.
You can drink the water of this spring because it is drinkable.	تو می‌توانی آب این چشمه را بنوشی زیرا نوشیدنی است.to mitavâni âb-e in cheshme râ benushi zirâ nushidani ast.
cookable	پختنیpokhtani
The root of this plant is cookable, but it is not edible raw.	ریشه‌ی این گیاه پختنی است، ولی خام خوردنی نیست.rishe-ye in giyâh pokhtani ast, vali khâm khordani nist.
The mushrooms under that bush are cookable and delicious.	قارچ‌های زیر آن بوته پختنی و خوشمزه هستند.qârch-hâ-ye zir ân bote pokhtani va khoshmaze hastand.
lasting	ماندنیmândani
These wild flowers are worth picking, but they are not lasting.	این گل‌های وحشی چیدنی هستند، اما ماندنی نیستند.in golhâ-ye vahshi chidani hastand, ammâ mândani nistand.
These wild berries are edible and very delicious.	این توت‌های وحشی خوردنی و خیلی خوشمزه هستند.in tut-hâ-ye vahshi khordani va kheyli khoshmaze hastand.
The stem of this plant is not worth keeping, but its leaf is edible.	ساقه‌ی این گیاه ماندنی نیست، ولی برگ آن خوردنی است.sâghe-ye in giâh mândani nist, vali barg-e ân khordani ast.
to matter, to be important	اهمیت داشتنahammiyyat dâshtan
The root of this bush matters.	ریشه‌ی این بوته اهمیت دارد.rishe-ye in bute ahammiyat dârad.
Quality matters to us.	برای ما کیفیت اهمیت دارد.barâye mâ keyfiyat ahammiyat dârad.
to be worth (it)	ارزش داشتنarzesh dâshtan
This drink is worth buying.	این نوشیدنی ارزش خریدن دارد.in nushidani arzesh kharidan dârad.
His work is worth a lot.	کار او ارزش زیادی دارد.kâr-e u arzesh-e ziyâdi dârad.

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