Breakdown of من دارم سرفه میکنم؛ دارو را سریع بدهید، وگرنه بیماری تشدید میشود.
من
I
داشتنdâshtan
to have
دادنdâdan
to give
کردنkardan
to do / to make
Questions & Answers about من دارم سرفه میکنم؛ دارو را سریع بدهید، وگرنه بیماری تشدید میشود.
How does the grammar work after وگرنه (vagarna)? Why is میشود (mishavad) in the present indicative rather than the subjunctive?
وگرنه means "otherwise" or "if not". It introduces the definite consequence of what will happen if the preceding command (بدهید) isn't followed. Because we are stating a factual outcome of that failure ("the disease will worsen"), we use the indicative mood (like the simple present or future), rather than the subjunctive, which is reserved for doubts, wishes, or hypothetical states.
The English translation says "will worsen", but میشود (mishavad) is in the present tense. Can the present tense act as the future here?
Yes! In Farsi, the simple present indicative is frequently used to express a near-future action or a highly certain future consequence. You could theoretically use the explicit future tense here (تشدید خواهد شد), but میشود is much more natural and common in everyday speech for this kind of immediate "if/then" consequence.
What is the literal meaning of تشدید میشود (tashdid mishavad)?
تشدید (tashdid) is an Arabic loanword meaning "intensification" or "aggravation". Combined with شدن (to become), the compound verb تشدید شدن literally means "to become intensified". In medical or formal contexts, it is the standard way to say a condition or illness "worsens".
In دارم سرفه میکنم (daram sorfe mikonam), why do both دارم and میکنم take the -am ending?
This is a quick reminder of how the present continuous tense is formed in Farsi. The auxiliary verb داشتن (to have) and the main verb must both conjugate to match the subject. So for "I", you use (I have) plus (I do) to mean "I am currently doing".