Learn Farsi: یادم آمد که این نسخه برای تو است. - I remembered that this prescription is for you.

In Farsi, "to remember" is often expressed as an impersonal verb. yâd means "memory" or "mind", and âmad is the 3rd person past tense meaning "it came". The enclitic -am means "my". So, yâd-am âmad literally translates to "my memory came".

Why is the verb âmad in the 3rd person singular ("it") form instead of the "I" form?

Because grammatically, the subject of the verb is the memory (yâd), not you! The memory "came" to you. In these impersonal structures, the verb is always conjugated for "it". To change who is remembering, you simply change the enclitic attached to yâd (for example, yâd-at âmad means "you remembered").

The lesson also teaches yâd-am raft for "I forgot". Are they direct opposites?

Yes! They use the exact same structure. yâd-am raft uses the verb "to go" (raftan) and literally means "my memory went". yâd-am âmad uses the verb "to come" (âmadan) and means "my memory came" (I remembered).

Could I use an enclitic for "for you" instead of writing out barâye to?

Both are perfectly correct! You could use the enclitic -at and say barâ-yat (for you). Using the separate pronoun to like in this sentence (barâye to) just adds a little bit of emphasis, pointing out that the prescription is for you, specifically.