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چون درآمد من ناچیز است، مجبور هستم که هر روز تقلا کنم.
Meaning
Because my income is meager, I am forced to struggle every day.
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Questions & Answers about چون درآمد من ناچیز است، مجبور هستم که هر روز تقلا کنم.
Why is تقلا کنم in the subjunctive mood here?
It follows the phrase مجبور هستم که (I am forced to). Verbs and impersonal phrases expressing obligation, necessity, or compulsion trigger the present subjunctive in the subordinate clause, similar to how باید (must) works.
Is the conjunction که strictly necessary after مجبور هستم?
No, it is optional. In conversational and even much written Farsi, you can drop که and just say مجبور هستم هر روز تقلا کنم. Including it simply makes the sentence slightly more formal and explicitly links the two clauses.
How does تقلا کردن differ from a more common verb like تلاش کردن?
While تلاش کردن simply means 'to try' or 'to make a steady effort', تقلا کردن implies a desperate, intense, or thrashing struggle to survive or overcome severe hardship. It emphasizes the distress caused by the meager income.
Could I start this sentence with زیرا instead of چون?
It would sound awkward. While both mean 'because', چون is freely used at the beginning of a sentence to set up a situation (like 'since' in English). زیرا is almost exclusively used in the middle of a sentence to introduce the reason for a preceding statement. To use it, you would flip the clauses: مجبور هستم هر روز تقلا کنم، زیرا درآمد من ناچیز است.