Breakdown of بیتحرکی از اینکه بدن سالم باشد جلوگیری میکند.
بودنbudan
to be
سالمsâlem
healthy
ازaz
from
بدنbadan
body
اینکهin-ke
that (conjunction)
جلوگیری کردنjelogiri kardan
to prevent
بیتحرکیbitaharroki
inactivity
Questions & Answers about بیتحرکی از اینکه بدن سالم باشد جلوگیری میکند.
Why do we need اینکه (in ke) right after the preposition از (az)?
The verb جلوگیری کردن (to prevent) requires the preposition از (from). However, Farsi prepositions cannot directly attach to a full action or clause. We have to use این (this) as a dummy object for the preposition, and then use که (that) to introduce the clause. Literally, it means '...prevents from this that the body be healthy.'
Why is the verb for 'being healthy' in the subjunctive form باشد (bāshad) instead of the indicative است (ast)?
Verbs that express prevention, avoidance, or restriction deal with outcomes that are hypothetical or unfulfilled. Just like verbs of wishing or commanding, they trigger the present subjunctive in the subordinate clause.
The main verb is جلوگیری میکند (prevents), but its preposition از (az) is at the start of the clause. Is this distance normal?
Yes! Farsi is a Subject-Object-Verb language, so the main subject بیتحرکی (inactivity) starts the sentence, and the main verb جلوگیری میکند (prevents) anchors the very end. The entire prepositional phrase and its dependent clause—از اینکه بدن سالم باشد—is sandwiched between them.
How is the noun بیتحرکی (bi-taharroki) constructed?
It is built from three pieces: the prefix بی (bi-, meaning 'without'), the core noun تحرک (taharrok, meaning 'movement' or 'mobility'), and the noun-forming suffix ی (-i). Literally 'without-movement-ness', it translates perfectly to 'inactivity'.
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