Learn Farsi: هیاهو چنان خفه‌کننده است که می‌خواهم فرار کنم. - The commotion is so suffocating that I want to escape.

هیاهو چنان خفه‌کننده است که می‌خواهم فرار کنم.hayâhu chonân khafe-konande ast ke mikhâham farâr konam.

The commotion is so suffocating that I want to escape.

Breakdown of هیاهو چنان خفه‌کننده است که می‌خواهم فرار کنم.

است

خواستنkhâstan

to want / to ask (request from someone)

کهke

that (conjunction)

فرار کردنfarâr kardan

to escape

Questions & Answers about هیاهو چنان خفه‌کننده است که می‌خواهم فرار کنم.

Why is the verb می‌خواهم in the indicative rather than the subjunctive after چنان ... که (so ... that)?

In چنان ... که structures, the verb in the که clause takes the indicative if it expresses an actual, real-world result. Because the commotion makes you actually want to escape, می‌خواهم is indicative. The subjunctive verb that follows it (فرار کنم) is triggered by 'wanting to', not by the که.

How is the word خفه‌کننده (suffocating) formed?

It is an active participle (a word describing the 'doer' of an action) built from the compound verb خفه کردن (to suffocate or choke). It combines خفه (stifled) with کننده (the present stem of کردن plus the suffix ـَنده, meaning 'maker' or 'doer'). Literally, it means 'suffocation-maker'.

There is only one که in this sentence. Doesn't می‌خواهم (I want) also need a که to connect it to فرار کنم (to escape)?

The که you see belongs to the چنان ... که (so... that) structure. While you can say می‌خواهم که فرار کنم (literally 'I want that I escape'), Farsi speakers frequently drop the که after verbs of wanting and intention. Leaving out the second که here avoids repetition and sounds much more natural.

Could I use آن‌قدر instead of چنان in this sentence?