Breakdown of ما به این که بیآبی منجر به قحطی میشود فکر میکنیم.
ما
we
این
this
بهbe
to
فکر کردنfekr kardan
to think
Questions & Answers about ما به این که بیآبی منجر به قحطی میشود فکر میکنیم.
Why does منجر have به right after it?
The compound verb meaning to result in is منجر شدن. When introducing the consequence, it always takes the preposition به. Here, the phrase results in famine is translated as منجر به قحطی میشود.
What is the exact function of به این که in this sentence?
The main verb فکر کردن (to think) requires the preposition به (literally to think to). Because the thing you are thinking about is a full clause (water shortage results in famine), you use به این که (to this that) as a grammatical bridge. In English, we translate this as about the fact that.
Why is the preposition به placed so far away from the verb فکر میکنیم?
Farsi places the main verb فکر میکنیم at the very end of the sentence. However, its preposition به must stay right before the object it attaches to. Since the object here is a long clause starting with این که, the preposition and the verb end up on opposite sides of the sentence.
How is the noun بیآبی constructed?
It is built using the prefix بی (without), the noun آب (water), and the noun-forming suffix ی. Together they form an abstract noun literally meaning waterlessness or water shortage.