Breakdown of هر روز سبزیجات میخورم تا سالم باشم.
بودنbudan
to be
سالمsâlem
healthy
خوردنkhordan
to eat / to drink
هرhar
every
Questions & Answers about هر روز سبزیجات میخورم تا سالم باشم.
Why does the sentence use bâsham instead of hastam for 'I am'?
This is because of the word tâ (so that / in order to). When you do one action so that another action happens, the second verb must be in the present subjunctive form. bâsham is the 'I' form of the subjunctive for the verb 'to be' (budan).
Can I use barâ-ye inke instead of tâ in this sentence?
Yes! You can absolutely say ... barâ-ye inke sâlem bâsham. Both tâ and barâ-ye inke can mean 'so that' and both require the subjunctive verb form afterwards. tâ is just a shorter, very common option in spoken Farsi.
Why doesn't sabzijât (vegetables) have the object marker râ after it?
We only use râ (often pronounced ro or o in everyday speech) for specific direct objects. Since the sentence is talking about eating vegetables in general, rather than specific ones like 'the vegetables we bought', we leave out râ.
What does the -jât ending on sabzijât do?
It is a plural suffix. The singular word is sabzi (vegetable or herbs). While you usually make plurals in Farsi with -hâ, a few words take the suffix -jât, which is influenced by Arabic grammar. You will hear both sabzi-hâ and sabzijât used to mean 'vegetables'.