Breakdown of حتی تغییر تدریجی کوچکی هم اتفاق میافتد، بی آنکه ما به آن توجه کنیم.
ما
we
آن
that
کوچکkuchak
small
بهbe
to
اتفاق افتادنettefâq oftâdan
to happen
همham
also, too / both ... and / together / each other
توجه کردنtavajjoh kardan
to pay attention
حتیhattâ
even
تغییرtaghyir
change (noun)
بی آنکهbi ânke
without [doing]
تدریجیtadriji
gradual
Questions & Answers about حتی تغییر تدریجی کوچکی هم اتفاق میافتد، بی آنکه ما به آن توجه کنیم.
Why is the verb توجه کنیم in the subjunctive here?
It follows the conjunction بی آنکه (without). Whenever you use بی آنکه or its everyday equivalent بدون اینکه to say "without [doing something]", the verb in that clause must take the present subjunctive form. The prefix می is dropped and the verb becomes توجه کنیم.
Why does کوچک get the indefinite ی suffix at the end, becoming کوچکی?
In a chain of nouns and adjectives linked by ezafe, the indefinite suffix ی (meaning "a" or "an") attaches to the very last word in the group. The core phrase here is تغییرِ تدریجیِ کوچک (small gradual change). By adding the indefinite ی to the final adjective, we get تغییر تدریجی کوچکی (a small gradual change).
If حتی already means "even", why do we also need هم after the noun phrase?
It is highly idiomatic in Farsi to "bracket" surprising information with حتی at the beginning and هم at the end of the phrase. While you could technically drop هم, using the حتی ... هم pairing sounds much more natural for emphasis.
Why do we use the preposition به before آن?
The compound verb توجه کردن (to pay attention) always takes the preposition به (to) for its object, rather than the direct object marker را. Since we are saying "pay attention to it", we must use به آن.
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