Breakdown of هر جا که بخواهی چادر بزنی، من به تو میپیوندم.
من
I
تو
you (singular)
بهbe
to
هرhar
every
خواستنkhâstan
to want / to ask (request from someone)
کهke
that (conjunction)
زدنzadan
to hit / to play (an instrument) / to apply (a coating) / to put on (a tie/accessory)
چادرchâdor
tent
جاjâ
place
پیوستنpeyvastan
to join
Questions & Answers about هر جا که بخواهی چادر بزنی، من به تو میپیوندم.
Why is the verb بخواهی in the subjunctive form here?
The phrase هر جا که means "wherever" (literally "every place that"). Because the specific location is unknown or indefinite, Farsi requires the verb that describes the action in that unknown place to be in the present subjunctive.
Why are there two subjunctive verbs in a row (بخواهی and بزنی)?
The first verb, بخواهی (you want), is in the subjunctive because of the "wherever" structure. The second verb, بزنی (you pitch), is in the subjunctive because it follows the verb "to want". In Farsi, saying "you want to pitch" is structured as "you want that you pitch", which requires a second subjunctive verb.
How do we get "pitch a tent" from چادر بزنی?
This is the subjunctive form of the compound verb چادر زدن. چادر means "tent", and the highly versatile verb زدن literally means "to hit" or "to strike". Together, they form the standard Farsi expression for setting up or pitching a tent.
Why does the sentence use به تو (to you) instead of just making "you" a direct object?
The verb پیوستن (to join), which gives us the present form میپیوندم, always takes the preposition به (to) to show who or what you are joining. So in Farsi, you don't "join someone"; you "join to someone".
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