Breakdown of کارمند چندکاره میتواند ضمن اینکه توازن داشته باشد، وظیفههای زیادی را انجام دهد.
کارمند
employee
داشتنdâshtan
to have
زیادziyâd
a lot
راrâ
definite direct object marker
Questions & Answers about کارمند چندکاره میتواند ضمن اینکه توازن داشته باشد، وظیفههای زیادی را انجام دهد.
How does zemen-e inke affect the sentence structure here?
zemen-e inke means 'while' or 'besides'. It is a subordinating conjunction linking the action of balancing with doing tasks. Both actions rely on the main modal verb mi-tavânad (can), which requires the subjunctive mood. That is why both verbs in the sentence, dâshte bâshad (inside the conjunction clause) and anjâm dehad (the main action), are in the subjunctive.
Why does the verb dâshtan look like dâshte bâshad instead of having a standard be- prefix?
The verb dâshtan (to have) is irregular and does not take the standard be- prefix for the subjunctive. Instead, it forms its present subjunctive by using its past participle (dâshte) followed by the present subjunctive of budan (to be) - which in this third-person singular case is bâshad.
Doesn't mi-tavânad usually go right before the verb it modifies? Why is it separated from anjâm dehad here?
While it can sit closer to the action verb, modal verbs like tavânestan typically come right after the subject or early in the predicate. Here, the subordinate clause (zemen-e inke...) is inserted like a parenthesis in the middle of the sentence. The main action anjâm dehad is then pushed to the very end, following the standard Farsi Subject-Object-Verb word order.
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