Word
نمیتوان قند مصنوعی خورد؛ ترجیح میدهم که میوهی تازه بخورید.
Meaning
One cannot eat artificial sugar; I prefer that you eat fresh fruit.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of نمیتوان قند مصنوعی خورد؛ ترجیح میدهم که میوهی تازه بخورید.
خوردنkhordan
to eat / to drink
میوهmive
fruit
توانستنtavânestan
to be able to
کهke
that (conjunction)
Questions & Answers about نمیتوان قند مصنوعی خورد؛ ترجیح میدهم که میوهی تازه بخورید.
Why is the second verb bokhorid in the subjunctive form here?
The sentence uses the verb tarjih dâdan (to prefer). When you state a preference that a specific action happen, you use the complementizer ke (that) followed by the present subjunctive. Here, tarjih mi-daham ke triggers the subjunctive verb bokhorid.
Why does the first clause use nemi-tavân and the past stem khord, instead of a regular conjugated verb?
nemi-tavân is an impersonal construction meaning one cannot or it is impossible to. Unlike the personal verb tavânestan, which takes the subjunctive (like nemi-tavânam bokhoram for I cannot eat), this impersonal form is always followed by the short infinitive. The short infinitive is identical to the past stem, which is why we see khord rather than a subjunctive form.
Why is there a ye (ی) added to the end of mive (میوه) before the adjective?
The noun mive ends in a silent he (ه). When adding the ezâfe (the grammatical linking vowel that connects a noun to its adjective), words ending in this silent letter need a consonant bridge. In writing, we add a ye (ی) to connect them, making it mive-ye tâze.
Why use qand for sugar here instead of shekar?
While shekar refers specifically to granulated sugar, is used for sugar in dietary, medical, or scientific contexts (such as blood sugar, or in this case, artificial sugar). In everyday life, also refers to the solid sugar cubes traditionally eaten with Persian tea.