Word
ما را بهت نخواهد گرفت، به شرطی که چشمهایمان را ببندیم.
Meaning
Astonishment will not overtake us, on the condition that we close our eyes.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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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
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.