Breakdown of برادرم بعد از خوابیدن، خوابگردی میکند.
برادرbarâdar
brother
خوابیدنkhâbidan
to sleep
کردنkardan
to do / to make
بعد ازba'd az
after (time)
خوابگردیkhâbgardi
sleepwalking
Questions & Answers about برادرم بعد از خوابیدن، خوابگردی میکند.
Since we are learning about phrases like 'bedun-e inke' that use conjugated verbs, why does 'ba'd az' take the infinitive خوابیدن here instead of a conjugated verb?
Prepositions like بعد از (ba'd az - after) and بدون (bedun - without) can be followed directly by an infinitive, such as خوابیدن (khābidan). If you want to use a conjugated verb instead, you must add اینکه (inke) to make it a conjunction, like بعد از اینکه بخوابد (ba'd az inke bekhābad - after he sleeps). Both structures are perfectly correct and common.
How is the noun خوابگردی (sleepwalking) built?
It is a compound word made of three parts: خواب (khāb - sleep), گرد (gard - the present stem of the verb for wandering or turning), and the suffix ی (-i) which turns it into a noun. Literally, it translates to 'sleep-wandering.'
What type of verb is used for 'sleepwalks' in this sentence?
It uses the compound verb خوابگردی کردن (khāb-gardi kardan - to sleepwalk). Because the brother's sleepwalking is a regular, habitual action, the light verb کردن (kardan) is conjugated in the present indicative form as میکند (mi-konad).
Could I say برادرِ من instead of برادرم for 'my brother'?
Yes, برادرِ من (barādar-e man) is grammatically correct. However, in both spoken and written Farsi, using the possessive suffix ـَم (-am) directly on the noun, as seen in برادرم (barādar-am), is much more natural and preferred for everyday communication.
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