Breakdown of حتی اگر دعوا کنیم، ما جداییناپذیر هستیم.
ما
we
بودنbudan
to be
دعوا کردنda'vâ kardan
to fight
اگرagar
if
حتیhattâ
even
جداییناپذیرjodâyi-nâpazir
inseparable
Questions & Answers about حتی اگر دعوا کنیم، ما جداییناپذیر هستیم.
Why is دعوا کنیم in the subjunctive mood here instead of the regular present tense?
Because of the phrase حتی اگر (even if). In Farsi, conditional words like اگر (if) usually trigger the subjunctive mood for the following verb, because the action (fighting) is a possibility or a condition rather than a guaranteed fact.
How exactly does the word جداییناپذیر break down to mean 'inseparable'?
It is a compound word built from three distinct parts: جدایی (separation), نا (a negative prefix like 'un-' or 'not'), and پذیر (the present stem of the verb پذیرفتن, meaning 'to accept'). Literally, it means 'not accepting separation'.
Since هستیم already means 'we are', is it necessary to include the pronoun ما (we) in the second half of the sentence?
Strictly speaking, no. Because Farsi verb endings tell you who the subject is, you could just say جداییناپذیر هستیم. However, including ما here adds emphasis and poetic contrast: even if we fight, we are the ones who cannot be separated.
If I wanted to specifically say 'we fight with each other', how would I change the verb phrase?
To say you fight or argue with someone, you use the preposition با (with). For 'with each other', you would use با هم. So you could say حتی اگر با هم دعوا کنیم (even if we fight with each other). In the original sentence, 'with each other' is simply implied.
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