Breakdown of من به بخشیدن برادرتان فکر میکنم.
من
I
برادرbarâdar
brother
بهbe
to
فکر کردنfekr kardan
to think
بخشیدنbakhshidan
to forgive
Questions & Answers about من به بخشیدن برادرتان فکر میکنم.
How do we extract the past stem from بخشیدن in this sentence?
The word بخشیدن is the infinitive form, meaning 'to forgive'. To find the past stem, which you will use to build past tense verbs, you simply drop the final ن (n). This leaves us with the past stem بخشید (bakhshid).
Why is the infinitive بخشیدن used here instead of a conjugated verb?
In Farsi, the full infinitive form (ending in -dan or -tan) can act as a noun. This is just like using an '-ing' word (a gerund) in English. Because of this rule, the infinitive بخشیدن translates perfectly to 'forgiving' in this sentence.
The English translation says 'thinking about', but the Farsi sentence uses به. Why?
The compound verb فکر کردن (to think) naturally pairs with the preposition به (to). So in Farsi, you literally say you are 'thinking to' something or someone, rather than thinking 'about' them.
What does the تان at the end of برادرتان mean?
It is the attached possessive suffix for 'your' when speaking formally or to multiple people. برادر means brother, and adding تان makes it 'your brother'. If you were speaking casually to a single friend, you would use the informal suffix ت instead, making it برادرت.
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