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هر قطره از این عطر می‌بایست خالص و ملایم می‌بود.

هر قطره از این عطر می‌بایست خالص و ملایم می‌بود.har qatre az in atr mibâyest khâles va molâyem mibud.
Every drop of this perfume should have been pure and mild.
From Lesson 223:Unfulfilled obligations (mi-bâyast, bâyast)·Farsi

Questions & Answers about هر قطره از این عطر می‌بایست خالص و ملایم می‌بود.

Why do we use می‌بود instead of just بود at the end of this sentence?
To express an unfulfilled past obligation (something that should have happened but didn't), we follow می‌بایست with the past continuous tense. For the verb to be, the past continuous is می‌بود (adding the می‌ prefix to the simple past بود).
Can I use the present subjunctive باشد instead of the past continuous می‌بود here?
Yes! When using می‌بایست for a past unfulfilled obligation, you can follow it with either the past continuous (می‌بود) or the present subjunctive (باشد). Both are grammatically correct and common, so using باشد at the end would mean the exact same thing.
Is there a difference between using می‌بایست and just بایست in this sentence?
No, there is no difference in meaning. Both می‌بایست and بایست translate to should have in this context. The می‌ prefix here is a fixed part of the word and doesn't change the function, so you can freely use either one.
Why does the sentence use از instead of an ezafe to say every drop of this perfume?
When talking about a specific measurement or unit out of a larger whole (like a drop out of a bottle of perfume), Farsi naturally uses از (meaning from or of). It translates literally to every drop from this perfume, which sounds much more natural here than linking them with an ezafe.

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