Breakdown of از اینکه این خزه کپک نزد شگفتزدهام!
این
this
بودنbudan
to be
ازaz
from
اینکهin-ke
that (conjunction)
خزهkhaze
moss
شگفتزدهshegeft-zade
surprised / amazed
کپک زدنkapak zadan
to mold
Questions & Answers about از اینکه این خزه کپک نزد شگفتزدهام!
Why do we use az inke instead of just ke for 'that' in this sentence?
In Farsi, when an adjective requires a specific preposition to connect to an object, you must include it before inke to introduce a clause. The adjective shegeft-zade (amazed) naturally takes the preposition az (from/by). So, instead of just saying ke (that), we say az inke (literally 'from this that').
Why is shegeft-zade-am (I am amazed) at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi is flexible with the order of clauses. While you could start with shegeft-zade-am az inke... (I am amazed that...), it is very natural and common to put the main state at the very end of the sentence. This treats the entire az inke clause as a descriptive block of information that comes right before the final verb.
Since this sentence expresses an emotion, shouldn't the verb kapak nazad (did not mold) be in the subjunctive mood?
You only use the subjunctive after emotion adjectives if the action is hypothetical, ongoing, or in the future. Here, the moss not molding is an established, real fact that already happened in the past, so we use the regular simple past tense (nazad).
How is the verb kapak nazad formed?
It comes from the compound verb kapak zadan (to get moldy). Kapak means 'mold', and zadan is the helper verb 'to hit/strike'. To make it negative in the simple past tense for a third-person subject ('it', the moss), we add the negative prefix na- to the stem zad, giving us nazad.
Learn از اینکه این خزه کپک نزد شگفتزدهام and more in Farsi
All course content and exercises are completely free — no paywalls, no trial periods, no signup needed.
- ✓ Practice with interactive exercises
- ✓ Track your progress with spaced repetition
- ✓Learn at your own pace — completely free