Word
ورزش باعث میشود که درد مزمن ستون فقرات کاهش یابد.
Meaning
Exercise causes chronic spine pain to decrease.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of ورزش باعث میشود که درد مزمن ستون فقرات کاهش یابد.
دردdard
pain
ورزشvarzesh
exercise / sport
کهke
that (conjunction)
ستونsotun
column
Questions & Answers about ورزش باعث میشود که درد مزمن ستون فقرات کاهش یابد.
Why is the second verb کاهش یابد in the subjunctive mood?
The verb باعث میشود (causes) is a verb of causation. It requires the following clause, introduced by که (that), to use the present subjunctive. While English uses an infinitive ("causes pain TO decrease"), Farsi literally says "causes THAT pain MAY decrease."
What is the infinitive of یابد, and how does this compound verb work?
یابد is the present subjunctive form of یافتن (to find). The compound verb کاهش یافتن literally means "to find decrease" and is the standard, slightly formal way to say "to decrease" or "to decline." In everyday speech, you might just hear کم شود (from کم شدن).
In the English translation, "pain" acts as the object of "causes". How is it grammatically treated in the Farsi sentence?
In Farsi, درد مزمن ستون فقرات (chronic spine pain) is actually the subject of the second clause, not the object of the first. The sentence structure is essentially "Exercise causes [that] [chronic spine pain] [decreases]". That is why the verb کاهش یابد is conjugated in the third-person singular to match "pain".
How does the Ezafe chain link the words together in درد مزمن ستون فقرات?
The Ezafe (an unwritten "e" sound) links the head noun to its modifiers and possessors. Here we have درد (pain) + مزمن (chronic) + ستون (column) + فقرات (vertebrae). It is pronounced "dard-e mozmen-e sotun-e faqarat", smoothly chaining the adjective "chronic" and the phrase for "spine" to the main word "pain".