Breakdown of بعد از اینکه هماتاقی من دکترا گرفت، یک کارآفرین موفق شد.
من
I
یکyek
one / a, an
ازaz
from
گرفتنgereftan
to take / to get
شدنshodan
to become
اینکهin-ke
that (conjunction)
بعدba'd
then, afterwards
موفقmovaffaq
successful
هماتاقیham-otâghi
roommate
دکتراdoktorâ
doctorate
کارآفرینkârâfarin
entrepreneur
بعد از اینکهba'd az inke
after (+ past)
Questions & Answers about بعد از اینکه هماتاقی من دکترا گرفت، یک کارآفرین موفق شد.
Why do we use the Simple Past (gereft) after ba'd az inke? I thought inke usually triggers the subjunctive.
You are right that inke often introduces the subjunctive, but temporal clauses of succession are an exception. When using ba'd az inke (after) to talk about a completed past event, we use the indicative mood, usually the Simple Past or Past Perfect. So, gereft is used to state the fact that she actually completed the degree.
The lesson says we can use the Past Perfect after ba'd az inke. Could we say gerefte bud instead of gereft here?
Yes, absolutely! You could say ba'd az inke ham-otaaghi-ye man doktoraa gerefte bud (after my roommate had gotten a doctorate). Using the Past Perfect emphasizes that the first action was completely finished before the second action (shod) began. Both sound natural here, but the Simple Past (gereft) is just a bit more direct and common in everyday speech.
How is the word ham-otaaghi (roommate) constructed?
It is built using the prefix ham-, which means same or together. Otaagh means room, and the -i suffix at the end turns it into a person. So, ham-otaaghi literally means a person of the same room. You will see ham- in many B1 vocabulary words, like ham-kaar (colleague) or ham-kelaasi (classmate).
Why is the verb gereft used for getting a doctorate?
In Farsi, when you talk about obtaining an academic degree, a license, or a certificate, you use the verb gereftan (to take or to get). So just like we say to get a degree in English, Farsi says doktoraa gereftan (to get a doctorate) or lisaans gereftan (to get a bachelor's degree).
Is there an ezafe linking the words for successful entrepreneur?
Yes! It is pronounced yek kaaraafarin-e movaffagh. Even though there is a yek (a or one) at the beginning, the core noun kaaraafarin (entrepreneur) still needs the ezafe vowel to link it to the descriptive adjective movaffagh (successful) that immediately follows it.
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