Breakdown of مثل تو سبزیجات میخرم تا به سلامتی خانواده کمک کنم.
تو
you (singular)
خانوادهkhânevâde
family
بهbe
to
خریدنkharidan
to buy
کمک کردنkomak kardan
to help
تاtâ
so that
مثلmesl
like, such as
سبزیجاتsabzijât
vegetables
سلامتیsalâmati
health
Questions & Answers about مثل تو سبزیجات میخرم تا به سلامتی خانواده کمک کنم.
Why is the verb at the end komak konam instead of komak mikonam?
Because it follows tâ (so that). When we use tâ to talk about the purpose or goal of an action, the verb after it must be in the present subjunctive. For the compound verb komak kardan (to help), the subjunctive form for 'I help' is komak konam. Notice it doesn't get a be- prefix because compound verbs made with kardan usually drop it in the subjunctive.
Could I use barâ-ye inke instead of tâ here?
Yes, absolutely! Both tâ and barâ-ye inke mean 'so that' or 'in order to', and both require the following verb to be in the present subjunctive. tâ is just shorter and used very frequently in spoken Farsi.
Why is there a be before salâmati (health)?
In English, you 'help' someone or something directly, but in Farsi, the compound verb komak kardan requires the preposition be (to). You are literally saying 'I do help to the family's health'.
I learned that plurals in Farsi usually end in -hâ. Why does sabzijât (vegetables) end in -ât?
The -ât ending is an Arabic plural suffix that Farsi adopted for certain words, often to describe a whole category or group of things (like heyvânât for animals, or sabzijât for vegetables). You can also use the standard Persian plural sabzihâ, but sabzijât is very common and natural.
How do I connect the words mesl (like) and to (you) when speaking?
They are connected by the ezâfe vowel, so it is pronounced mesl-e to. The ezâfe is the short 'e' sound that links words together, used here to link the preposition to its pronoun.
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