Questions & Answers about شب بخیر! من به تخت میروم.
Why is "good night" شب بخیر instead of using the normal word for good, خوب?
بخیر is a set phrase used in greetings. It literally means "with goodness" or "towards goodness". While خوب means "good" as a regular adjective, Farsi uses بخیر for wishing someone well, like in صبح بخیر (good morning) and شب بخیر (good night).
Does تخت just mean "bed"?
Yes, in everyday conversation, تخت is the standard word for "bed". Its full name is تخت خواب (literally "board of sleep"), but Iranians usually shorten it to just تخت when the context is obvious, like getting ready to sleep at night.
Why does the verb میروم look so different from its infinitive form رفتن (to go)?
In Farsi, present tense verbs use a "present stem" which is often irregular and just has to be memorized. The present stem for رفتن is رو (rav). To say "I am going", you combine the continuous prefix می (mi), the stem رو (rav), and the "I" ending ـَم (am) to make میروم.
Is the word order in the second half different from English?
Yes! Farsi generally puts the verb at the very end of the sentence. Instead of "I am going to bed", the sentence is literally structured as "I to bed am going" (من به تخت میروم).
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