Breakdown of ما میخواهیم اقتصاد کشور رشد کند.
ما
we
کشورkeshvar
country
خواستنkhâstan
to want / to ask (request from someone)
رشد کردنroshd kardan
to grow
Questions & Answers about ما میخواهیم اقتصاد کشور رشد کند.
Why does the sentence use کند instead of میکند at the end?
Because it follows the verb میخواهیم (we want). In Farsi, when you express a wish or desire for an action to happen, the second verb must be in the subjunctive mood. That is why the indicative prefix می- is dropped, leaving کند to mean "that it grows".
How does the verb for "to grow" work here?
It is a compound verb: رشد کردن. The word رشد is a noun meaning "growth," and the helper verb کردن means "to do" or "to make." In this sentence, the helper verb takes the subjunctive form کند to match the subject "economy" (it).
How are the words for "economy" and "country" linked together?
They are connected by the Ezafe, which is a short "-e" sound added to the end of the first word. You pronounce اقتصاد کشور as "eqtesad-e keshvar", which translates literally to "the economy of the country".
The first verb is "we want", but why does the second verb end with a third-person "it" ending?
Because the two verbs have different subjects. میخواهیم ends in -یم because "we" (ما) are the ones wanting. The second verb, کند (which ends in -د), refers to the اقتصاد (economy), acting as a singular "it". Farsi connects these clauses naturally without needing a word like "that" in the middle.