Breakdown of میخوام با برادرم آشتی کنم.
برادرbarâdar
brother
باbâ
with
خواستنkhâstan
to want / to ask (request from someone)
آشتی کردنâshti kardan
to reconcile, to make up
Questions & Answers about میخوام با برادرم آشتی کنم.
Why is the first verb میخوام instead of میخواهم?
میخوام is the colloquial, spoken Tehrani form of the formal written verb میخواهم (I want). Just like the reduced everyday function words you are currently studying, common verbs get shortened too. The ـهـ (h) sound is dropped to make it easier to say quickly.
Why is the second verb کنم instead of میکنم?
In Farsi, when you use a verb like want (خواستن) to express a desire, the second verb must be in the subjunctive mood. You drop the indicative prefix میـ because you are talking about a potential action, not an action that is definitely happening right now.
Shouldn't the subjunctive form of the second verb be بکنم with a بـ prefix?
It is grammatically correct to say آشتی بکنم, but with compound verbs that use کردن (to do), the subjunctive prefix بـ (be-) is almost always dropped in everyday spoken Farsi. Saying آشتی کنم sounds much more natural to native speakers.
Does the verb آشتی کردن require a specific preposition?
Yes, it takes the preposition با (with), exactly like the English translation 'make up with'. You use آشتی کردن when you want to make peace or reconcile with someone after an argument. If you want to say you are giving someone the silent treatment, the opposite verb is قهر کردن.
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