Breakdown of شرمندهام، سردرد دارم و وقت نکردم شام درست کنم.
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بودنbudan
to be
داشتنdâshtan
to have
شامshâm
dinner
درست کردنdorost kardan
to make / to prepare (e.g., food)
وقت کردنvaght kardan
to find time
شرمندهsharmande
ashamed / sorry
سردردsardard
headache
Questions & Answers about شرمندهام، سردرد دارم و وقت نکردم شام درست کنم.
Why is dorost konam in the present subjunctive when the sentence is talking about the past?
Even though you didn't have time in the past (vaght nakardam), the action of making dinner was a potential event or intention, not a completed fact. Similar to the unfulfilled intentions in this lesson (like mi-khâstam dorost konam - I wanted to make), verbs expressing opportunity or intention take the present subjunctive for the second verb, regardless of the tense of the first verb.
Why does it say vaght nakardam instead of using the verb 'to have' for time?
In Farsi, the compound verb vaght kardan (literally 'to do time') is the idiomatic way to say 'to find the time' or 'to get around to' doing something. If you said vaght nadâshtam (I didn't have time), it would make sense, but vaght nakardam specifically implies you didn't manage to find the time to complete a specific task.
Does sharmande-am literally mean 'I am sorry'?
It literally translates to 'I am ashamed' (sharmande means ashamed, and -am is the 'I am' suffix). While be-bakhshid is the standard word for 'excuse me' or 'sorry', sharmande-am is heavily used in everyday conversational Farsi to express sincere regret for letting someone down or inconveniencing them.
How is the word sardard (headache) formed?
It is a simple combination of sar (head) and dard (pain or ache). You can apply this exact same pattern to other body parts to describe aches, such as pâ-dard (leg pain) or kamar-dard (backache).
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