Word
احتمال دارد بدون اینکه چیزی ببینیم فرود بیاییم.
Meaning
There is a probability that we land without seeing anything.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of احتمال دارد بدون اینکه چیزی ببینیم فرود بیاییم.
داشتنdâshtan
to have
دیدنdidan
to see / to watch
چیزیchizi
something
بدونbedun-e
without
Questions & Answers about احتمال دارد بدون اینکه چیزی ببینیم فرود بیاییم.
How does the impersonal expression ehtemâl dârad affect the verbs in this sentence?
The phrase ehtemâl dârad means there is a probability, and it requires the main action of the sentence to be in the present subjunctive form. That is why the main verb at the end is forud biyâyim (that we land). The other verb, bebinim, is also in the subjunctive, but that is triggered by the conjunction bedun-e inke.
Why is there no word for 'that' after ehtemâl dârad?
In Farsi, the connecting word ke (that) is often optional after expressions like ehtemâl dârad or momken ast. You can perfectly well say ehtemâl dârad ke, but dropping it is very common and completely natural in both spoken and written Farsi.
How does bedun-e inke work, and why not just use bedun-e?
You use bedun-e before a noun, like saying 'without water'. But when you want to express 'without doing an action', you must use bedun-e inke followed by a verb in the present subjunctive. Here, it triggers the subjunctive verb bebinim to mean 'without us seeing'.
Why does cizi translate to 'anything' here instead of 'something'?
The word cizi literally means 'a thing' or 'something'. However, the phrase bedun-e inke (without) creates a negative context. In Farsi, you still use the affirmative cizi, but we translate it to 'anything' in English because 'without seeing something' sounds awkward.