Breakdown of او به خانهی دوست میرود تا غذا بخورد.
او
he/she
خانه
house
دوستdust
friend
بهbe
to
غذاghazâ
food
خوردنkhordan
to eat / to drink
رفتنraftan
to go
تاtâ
so that
Questions & Answers about او به خانهی دوست میرود تا غذا بخورد.
Why does the second verb بخورد start with بـ (be-) instead of میـ (mi-)?
This sentence uses the word تا (ta) to mean "in order to" or "so that". Whenever you talk about the purpose or goal of an action (going somewhere in order to eat), the second verb must be in the present subjunctive form. The subjunctive usually starts with the prefix بـ (be-).
How is the subjunctive verb بخورد (bekhorad) built here?
It follows the standard subjunctive formula you are learning: the prefix بـ (be-) + the present stem of "to eat", which is خور (khor) + the personal ending for "he/she", which is ـَد (-ad).
Why doesn't the first verb, میرود (miravad), change to the subjunctive too?
The first verb describes a factual action happening right now ("He is going"), so it stays in the normal present tense with میـ (mi-). We only use the subjunctive for the second verb because eating is the intended result, not an action that has actually happened yet.
I remember a short "e" sound connects words, but why is there an extra ی added to خانه (khane)?
That is the ezafe connecting "house" and "friend" (house of the friend). Because خانه ends in a silent "h" (which makes an "eh" vowel sound), we cannot just attach another short "e" sound directly to it. We have to add a consonant bridge, which is the letter ی (y), making it pronounced "khane-ye".
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