Breakdown of امروز باید دربارهی این موضوع بحث کنیم.
این
this
امروزemruz
today
بایدbâyad
must
موضوعmowzu'
subject / topic
Questions & Answers about امروز باید دربارهی این موضوع بحث کنیم.
Why does the preposition darbāre have a -ye attached to it?
Dar bāre is a compound preposition meaning 'about'. Because it connects to the noun phrase that follows it (in mowzu'), it needs the connecting vowel ezāfe. Since dar bāre ends in the 'e' sound (written with a silent 'heh' ه), the ezāfe takes the form of a -ye (ی) to make it darbāre-ye.
Do we always need to say 'about' (darbāre-ye) with the verb 'to discuss'?
Yes! In English, you directly 'discuss a topic'. However, in Farsi, the compound verb bahs kardan (to discuss / to debate) literally means 'to do discussion'. You cannot directly attach an object to it, so you must say you are doing discussion about something using darbāre-ye or dar mored-e.
Why is the verb bahs konim instead of bahs mikonim?
The sentence uses bāyad (must) right after the word for today. In Farsi, a verb that follows bāyad drops its mi- prefix to form the subjunctive mood. So, the 'we' form of bahs kardan changes from the normal present tense mikonim to the subjunctive konim.
Why is bāyad placed so far away from bahs konim?
Unlike English, where the helping verb and main verb stay together ('must discuss'), Farsi word order splits them up. Bāyad usually comes early in the sentence, while the main action verb () goes at the very end. The details of the sentence, like the topic you are discussing, are sandwiched in between!