Word
تا حد امکان سبک سفر کنید تا جریمه ندهید.
Meaning
Travel as lightly as possible so you do not pay a fine.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of تا حد امکان سبک سفر کنید تا جریمه ندهید.
سفرsafar
trip
دادنdâdan
to give
کردنkardan
to do / to make
تاtâ
so that
Questions & Answers about تا حد امکان سبک سفر کنید تا جریمه ندهید.
How exactly does tâ hadd-e emkân connect with sabok to mean "as lightly as possible"?
In Farsi, you simply place the adjective or adverb directly after tâ hadd-e emkân (to the limit of possibility). There is no need for a complex "as... as" grammatical sandwich like in English. Here, sabok (light) acts directly as an adverb modifying the verb safar konid.
The word tâ is used twice in this sentence. Are they doing the same job?
No, they have entirely different functions here. The first tâ is a preposition meaning "up to" or "until," forming the fixed phrase tâ hadd-e emkân. The second tâ is a conjunction meaning "so that" or "in order to," which introduces the purpose of traveling light.
Why do we use a form of dâdan (to give) for paying a fine?
Farsi heavily relies on compound verbs pairing a noun with a basic "light verb." To "pay a fine" is naturally expressed as jarime dâdan (literally, "to give a fine"). While the verb pardâkhtan means "to pay," using it for a penalty sounds less natural in everyday speech than simply "giving" it.
Why is the final verb nadahid in the subjunctive mood?