Word
این خستهکنندهترین کاری است که یک رکورددار بخواهد سه روز پشت سر هم انجام دهد.
Meaning
This is the most exhausting thing that a record holder would want to do for three days consecutively.
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Breakdown of این خستهکنندهترین کاری است که یک رکورددار بخواهد سه روز پشت سر هم انجام دهد.
است
is
این
this
یکyek
one / a, an
سهse
three
Questions & Answers about این خستهکنندهترین کاری است که یک رکورددار بخواهد سه روز پشت سر هم انجام دهد.
Why are the verbs بخواهد and انجام دهد in the subjunctive mood here?
There are two rules at play here! First, بخواهد (would want) is in the subjunctive because it is in a relative clause (starting with که) that describes a superlative adjective, خستهکنندهترین (the most exhausting). When a relative clause describes a superlative, Farsi uses the subjunctive to show it is a hypothetical or all-encompassing statement. Second, انجام دهد (to do) is in the subjunctive simply because it follows a verb of wanting (بخواهد).
Why is there an ی at the end of کاری?
The suffix ی is added to کار (thing/job) to link it to the relative clause that follows. Even though English uses "the" ("the most exhausting thing"), Farsi uses this suffix before که to point to "the specific thing that...". So کاری است که means "is the thing that...".
How does پشت سر هم translate to "consecutively"?
This is a very common Farsi idiom! Literally, پشت means "behind", سر means "head", and هم means "each other". So پشت سر هم literally translates to "behind each other's head". It is used exactly like the English phrases "in a row", "back-to-back", or "consecutively".
How is the word رکورددار formed?
It is a compound word made of the English loanword رکورد (record) and the Farsi suffix (holder/possessor, from the verb ). You will see attached to many nouns to mean "someone who has or holds" something, like a record holder.