Breakdown of انرژی پاک از سوخت کثیف بهتر است، پس ما سوخت کثیف مصرف نخواهیم کرد.
ما
we
کثیف
dirty
بودنbudan
to be
ازaz
from
بهترbehtar
better
پسpas
so, then
انرژیenerzhi
energy
مصرف کردنmasraf kardan
to consume
سوختsukht
fuel
پاکpâk
clean (pure)
Questions & Answers about انرژی پاک از سوخت کثیف بهتر است، پس ما سوخت کثیف مصرف نخواهیم کرد.
How is the negative future tense formed in مصرف نخواهیم کرد (we will not consume)?
To make the negative future tense, you take the negative present tense of خواستن (to want) without its usual prefix. For 'we', this is نخواهیم (nakhâhim). Then, you add the short infinitive of the main verb. The short infinitive is just the regular infinitive without the final ن (-n). So, کردن (to do) becomes کرد (kard).
Why doesn't the helper verb have the می (mi-) prefix? Shouldn't it be نمیخواهیم?
That is a very common trap! When خواستن (to want) is used as a helper verb to build the future tense, it never takes the continuous می (mi-) prefix. You simply add the negative prefix نـ (na-) directly to the stem, making نخواهیم. If you used نمیخواهیم, it would literally mean 'we do not want to' instead of 'we will not'.
How do compound verbs like مصرف کردن (to consume) work in the future tense?
Compound verbs are split up when making the future tense. The non-verb part (مصرف) stays at the beginning. Then you place your conjugated helper verb (نخواهیم), and finally the short infinitive of the action part (کرد). You only conjugate the helper verb in the middle; the first and last parts stay exactly the same.
How does the word از work to mean 'than' in this sentence?
In Farsi, comparisons are made using از (az), which normally means 'from'. When comparing two things, the sentence structure is literally '[A] from [B] better is'. So, انرژی پاک از سوخت کثیف بهتر است translates word-for-word as 'Clean energy from dirty fuel better is'.
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