Breakdown of هر جا که ستمگری ببینید، باید مقاومت کنید.
دیدنdidan
to see / to watch
هرhar
every
بایدbâyad
must
کهke
that (conjunction)
جاjâ
place
مقاومت کردنmoghâvemat kardan
to hold out / to resist
ستمگریsetamgari
tyranny / oppression
Questions & Answers about هر جا که ستمگری ببینید، باید مقاومت کنید.
How is the word ستمگری built using the -gari suffix?
It is built in layers. It starts with the noun ستم (oppression or cruelty). Adding the doer suffix -گر creates ستمگر (oppressor or tyrant). Finally, adding the abstract noun suffix -ی creates ستمگری, which represents the abstract concept or the practice of being a tyrant: "tyranny".
Why is the verb ببینید in the subjunctive mood here?
The phrase هر جا که (wherever) creates a hypothetical or indefinite condition. Because you are not talking about a specific, guaranteed instance of seeing tyranny, but rather any potential instance that might happen, Farsi requires the subjunctive mood.
Is the word که required in the phrase هر جا که?
In formal and written Farsi, که acts as a necessary conjunction linking "every place" with the clause "you see tyranny". However, in casual, spoken Farsi, it is very common to drop it and simply say هر جا ستمگری ببینید.
Is the second verb, مقاومت کنید, also in the subjunctive mood because of the hypothetical situation?
No, it has a different trigger. مقاومت کنید (you resist) is in the subjunctive mood because it is governed by the modal verb باید (must). As a rule you likely remember from earlier levels, the main verb following باید must always take the subjunctive form.
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