Breakdown of ما را بهت نخواهد گرفت، به شرطی که چشمهایمان را ببندیم.
ما
we
چشمchashm
eye
گرفتنgereftan
to take / to get
راrâ
definite direct object marker
بستنbastan
to close / to fasten/tie
به شرطی کهbe sharti ke
on the condition that / provided that
بهتboht
astonishment / stupefaction
Questions & Answers about ما را بهت نخواهد گرفت، به شرطی که چشمهایمان را ببندیم.
Why is "Astonishment will not overtake us" constructed as ما را بهت نخواهد گرفت?
This sentence uses the Accusative Experiencer Construction. In Farsi, involuntary states like shock, sleep, or awe are often treated as the active subject that "takes" or "catches" a person. The experiencer (ما, we) is placed at the beginning and marked as the direct object with را, while the state (بهت, astonishment) does the action.
Why is the verb نخواهد گرفت conjugated in the third-person singular when it happens to "us"?
Because ما (us) is the object, not the subject. The grammatical subject of the verb is the feeling itself: بهت (astonishment). Since بهت is a singular concept, the verb must be in the third-person singular form.
How is the negative future tense formed in نخواهد گرفت?
The formal future tense uses the conjugated auxiliary verb خواستن followed by the short infinitive of the main verb (گرفت). To make it negative, you attach the negative prefix نـ to the auxiliary verb, not the main verb. This gives us نخواهد گرفت (it will not take).
Why does the second clause use the subjunctive verb ببندیم?
The phrase به شرطی که (on the condition that / provided that) introduces a conditional situation. Because closing our eyes is a condition that must be met rather than a realized fact, it triggers the subjunctive mood for the following verb.
The word را appears twice in this sentence. Are both doing the exact same job?
Technically, yes—they both mark a definite direct object. However, the first one (ما را) acts as an "experiencer marker" in a psychological state construction, whereas the second (چشمهایمان را) is a standard direct object marker pointing to a specific physical thing ("our eyes") receiving the action of being closed.
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