Breakdown of با اینکه او لیسانس گرفت، هنوز بیکار است.
او
he/she
بودنbudan
to be
گرفتنgereftan
to take / to get
هنوزhanuz
yet / still
با اینکهbâ inke
even though
بیکارbikâr
unemployed
لیسانسlisâns
bachelor's degree
Questions & Answers about با اینکه او لیسانس گرفت، هنوز بیکار است.
This lesson is about ba'd az inke (after). Why does this sentence use ba inke, and are they related?
They look very similar but mean different things. While ba'd az inke means "after", ba inke means "although" or "even though". However, they share the exact same grammar rule: they combine a preposition with inke to introduce a factual clause using normal indicative verb tenses, rather than the subjunctive.
Why is the simple past tense gereft used right after ba inke?
Conjunctions like ba inke (although) and ba'd az inke (after) deal with factual events rather than wishes or doubts. Because getting the degree actually happened, it takes the standard indicative mood. Since it happened in the past, the simple past tense gereft is the correct choice here.
Why is there no word for "a" before bachelor's degree, like yek lisans?
In Farsi, acquiring a degree is usually treated as a general state or action rather than acquiring a single physical object. It acts like the compound verb lisans gereftan (to get a bachelor's degree). Adding yek (one/a) isn't necessary unless you are specifically counting degrees.
How does the word bikar break down to mean "unemployed"?
It is built using the negative prefix bi, which means "without" or "-less", attached to the noun kar, which means "work" or "job". Literally translating to "without work", it is the standard Farsi word for "unemployed".
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