Learn Farsi: بیماری که وزنش زیاد است، ترجیح می‌دهد که برنج کمتر بخورد. - The patient whose weight is high prefers to eat less rice.

بیماری که وزنش زیاد است، ترجیح می‌دهد که برنج کمتر بخورد.bimâri ke vaznesh ziyâd ast, tarjih midahad ke berenj kamtar bokhorad.

The patient whose weight is high prefers to eat less rice.

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Questions & Answers about بیماری که وزنش زیاد است، ترجیح می‌دهد که برنج کمتر بخورد.

Why is the verb bokhorad (eat) in the subjunctive form here?

Because of the main verb, tarjih midahad (prefers). When you express a preference, wish, or intention, the verb in the dependent clause must take the present subjunctive form. The conjunction ke is used here to connect the preference to the subjunctive action.

There are two kes in this sentence. Are they doing the same job?

No, they have two distinct roles. The first ke is a relative pronoun (meaning "who" or "that"), which introduces the description of the patient. The second ke is a conjunction linking the main verb to the subordinate clause, acting much like "to" or "that" in English ("prefers to eat...").

How does Farsi express "whose" in the phrase "whose weight"?

Farsi doesn't have a single equivalent word for "whose." Instead, it uses ke (that/who) followed by a noun with a possessive pronoun suffix. In this sentence, ke vazn-ash literally translates to "who his/her weight."

Why does the word for patient (bimâr) have an -i added to the end (bimâri)?

This is known as the restrictive -i. It attaches to a noun when you are about to define exactly which person or thing you mean using a ke clause. It signals that we aren't just talking about a general patient, but specifically the one we are about to describe.