Word
هرچند رطوبت کم بود، از اینکه خزهها نپوسیدند آسودهایم.
Meaning
Although the humidity was low, we are relieved that the mosses did not rot.
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of هرچند رطوبت کم بود، از اینکه خزهها نپوسیدند آسودهایم.
بودنbudan
to be
ازaz
from
کمkam
little, rarely
اینکهin-ke
that (conjunction)
Questions & Answers about هرچند رطوبت کم بود، از اینکه خزهها نپوسیدند آسودهایم.
Why do we use از اینکه here instead of just که for "that"?
In Farsi, certain adjectives describing feelings, like آسوده (relieved) or خوشحال (happy), are paired with specific prepositions. Since you are relieved "from" or "about" something, آسوده takes the preposition از. To connect this to a full clause, we add اینکه (this that), creating از اینکه. Literally, it means "we are relieved about this, that..."
Why is نپوسیدند (did not rot) in the simple past rather than the subjunctive?
While اینکه often triggers the subjunctive for desires, doubts, or future events, it takes the normal indicative mood when stating a concrete fact. Since the mosses successfully surviving is an established reality that already happened, we use the simple past tense here rather than the subjunctive.
Why does نپوسیدند take the plural ending ـند (-and) if خزهها (mosses) are inanimate objects?
You likely remember that inanimate plural subjects usually take a singular verb in Farsi! However, using a plural verb for inanimate objects is also grammatically correct. It is often done in slightly more formal, written Farsi, or to give the objects a bit more focus. Saying نپوسید (singular) would also be perfectly fine here.
How does هرچند work at the beginning of the sentence?