Breakdown of هر چقدر هم که برف ببارد، ضروری است که پیست را تمیز کنند.
است
is
راrâ
definite direct object marker
کهke
that (conjunction)
باریدنbâridan
to rain / to snow
برفbarf
snow
تمیز کردنtamiz kardan
to clean
ضروریzaruri
essential / necessary (urgent)
هر چقدر هم کهhar cheqadr ham ke
no matter how much
پیستpist
ski slope / piste
Questions & Answers about هر چقدر هم که برف ببارد، ضروری است که پیست را تمیز کنند.
Why is ببارد in the subjunctive here?
The phrase هر چقدر هم که (no matter how much) creates an indefinite concessive clause. Because it describes a hypothetical or open-ended situation (however much it might snow), it requires the present subjunctive ببارد.
We have two subjunctives in this sentence (ببارد and تمیز کنند). Are they caused by the same rule?
No, they are triggered by different things! ببارد is triggered by the indefinite phrase هر چقدر هم که (no matter how much). The second subjunctive, تمیز کنند, is triggered by the expression of necessity ضروری است که (it is necessary that), which always requires the following verb to be in the subjunctive.
How does the verb ببارد work with برف? Does Farsi not have a single verb for 'to snow'?
Farsi usually uses a noun-verb pairing for weather. For snow, it is either برف آمدن (snow to come) or برف باریدن (snow to fall/precipitate). Here, برف is actually the subject of the sentence doing the falling, which is why the verb is in the third-person singular ببارد.
Who does کنند refer to in تمیز کنند?
It refers to a generic 'they'—like the staff or the people in charge. In Farsi, using the third-person plural without a specific subject is a common way to express impersonal actions, much like saying 'it is necessary that they clean the slope' or 'the slope must be cleaned' in English.
Is پیست a purely Farsi word, or a loanword?
It is a loanword from the French 'piste'. While English speakers mainly know it as a skiing term, in Farsi پیست is widely used for ski slopes (پیست اسکی), race tracks, and skating rinks. Here, the context of snow makes it clear it means a ski slope.
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