Breakdown of هر قدر هم که ماراتن خستهکننده باشد، میخواهم به خط پایان برسم.
بودنbudan
to be
بهbe
to
خواستنkhâstan
to want / to ask (request from someone)
رسیدنrasidan
to arrive
خستهکنندهkhaste-konande
boring / exhausting / tiring
خطkhat
line
هر قدر هم کهhar qadr ham ke
no matter how much
ماراتنmârâton
marathon
پایانpâyân
end / finish
Questions & Answers about هر قدر هم که ماراتن خستهکننده باشد، میخواهم به خط پایان برسم.
Why is the verb باشد in the subjunctive here instead of the indicative است?
The phrase هر قدر هم که (no matter how much) creates an indefinite concessive clause. Because the exact degree of exhaustion is indefinite or hypothetical, Farsi requires the present subjunctive باشد. You will always use the subjunctive after this structure.
In English we say 'No matter how exhausting', putting the adjective right after 'how'. Why doesn't Farsi put خستهکننده next to هر قدر هم که?
In Farsi, هر قدر هم که acts as an unbroken introductory phrase for the clause. You don't split it or pull adjectives into it. The subject (ماراتن) and the adjective (خستهکننده) stay in their normal sentence order before the verb.
There are two subjunctive verbs in this sentence (باشد and برسم). Are they both triggered by the هر قدر هم که structure?
No, they have entirely separate triggers. باشد is triggered by هر قدر هم که (no matter how much). The second subjunctive, برسم (I reach), is a refresher from an earlier lesson: it is triggered by the verb before it, میخواهم (I want).
Why is there a به before خط پایان (finish line)?
In English, we directly 'reach the finish line'. In Farsi, the verb رسیدن (to reach / to arrive) requires the preposition به (to). You are literally saying 'I want to arrive to the finish line.'
How exactly is the word خستهکننده (exhausting) formed?
It is an active participle formed from the compound verb خسته کردن (to tire / to exhaust). By combining خسته (tired) with کننده (the present stem of کردن plus the active suffix ـنده, meaning 'doer' or 'maker'), it literally translates to 'tire-making'.
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