Breakdown of من سبزیجات میخورم برای اینکه سالم باشم.
من
I
بودنbudan
to be
سالمsâlem
healthy
خوردنkhordan
to eat / to drink
سبزیجاتsabzijât
vegetables
برای اینکهbarâye inke
because, in order that
Questions & Answers about من سبزیجات میخورم برای اینکه سالم باشم.
Why is the verb bâsham in the subjunctive form here instead of the regular present tense hastam?
Because it follows the phrase barâ-ye inke (in order to / so that). In Farsi, when you express a goal, purpose, or intention using barâ-ye inke, the verb in the second part of the sentence must take the present subjunctive form.
Could I just say barâ-ye sâlem bâsham without the word inke?
No, because barâ-ye (for) is a preposition that can only be followed by a noun or pronoun. When you want to connect a full clause that contains a conjugated verb (like bâsham), you must use the conjunction barâ-ye inke.
Most subjunctive verbs start with a be- prefix. Why doesn't bâsham have one?
The verb to be is irregular in the subjunctive. Instead of adding a be- prefix to a regular stem, it uses a special subjunctive stem: bâsh-. You simply add the personal endings to this stem, which gives us bâsham for the I form.
I learned the word sabzi for vegetable. What does the -jât ending on sabzijât do?
The suffix -jât is a special plural ending used for specific categories of things, like certain types of foods, crops, and goods. Here, it turns sabzi into the collective plural sabzijât, meaning vegetables in general.
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