اگر این راه خطرناک نبود، شب از آنجا میرفتم.

اگر means if. It introduces the condition.

So the sentence has two parts:

• اگر این راه خطرناک نبود = if this road weren’t dangerous
• شب از آنجا میرفتم = I would go / pass there at night

This is the normal way to build an if-clause in Persian.

This is one of the most common questions learners have.

نبود literally looks like past tense: was not. But in Persian, past forms are often used in hypothetical or unreal conditions, much like English:

• English: If it were not dangerous...
• Persian: اگر ... خطرناک نبود...

So نبود here does not simply mean a real past situation. It helps create a meaning like:

• if it weren’t dangerous
• if it were not dangerous

Using نیست would sound more like a real, open condition:

• اگر این راه خطرناک نیست... = if this road is not dangerous...

That is a different type of condition.

میرفتم is the past imperfect form of رفتن (to go), and in conditional sentences it often expresses:

• would go
• would be going
• sometimes used to go, depending on context

In this sentence, it means would go in a hypothetical situation.

So:

• میرفتم = I would go

This is very common in Persian unreal conditionals:

• اگر وقت داشتم، می‌آمدم. = If I had time, I would come.

The prefix میـ can have a few related uses in Persian, depending on context. It often marks:

• habitual action
• ongoing action in the past
• or a modal/hypothetical sense in conditional sentences

Here, in میرفتم, it helps form the verb used for the result of the condition:

• میرفتم = I would go

So in this sentence, don’t read it as a literal past continuous like I was going. Because of the اگر clause, it is understood as a hypothetical result: I would go.

Persian usually does not use a separate word equivalent to English would in this kind of sentence. Instead, the idea is expressed through the verb form itself.

So English uses:

• would go

But Persian uses:

• میرفتم

The conditional meaning comes from:

1. the presence of اگر
2. the tense/aspect pattern of the verbs
3. the overall context

This is normal Persian grammar.

Because the verb ending already shows the subject.

In میرفتم, the ending ـم tells you the subject is I.

So Persian often leaves out subject pronouns when they are clear from the verb.

• میرفتم = I would go
• میرفتی = you would go
• میرفت = he/she would go

You could add من for emphasis, but it is not necessary:

• اگر این راه خطرناک نبود، من شب از آنجا میرفتم.

That sounds more emphatic: I would go.

این راه literally means this road, this path, or this way.

Depending on context, راه can mean:

• a physical road or route
• a path
• a way of going somewhere

So learners should know that راه is broader than just one English word. In this sentence, this road/route/path is the most natural understanding.

Literally, از آنجا means from there or from that place.

But in real usage, with motion verbs like رفتن, it can sometimes be understood more naturally in English as:

• through there
• by that place
• via there
• or simply there, depending on context

So yes, the literal meaning is from there, but the most natural English translation may vary.

That is not unusual in Persian. Prepositions often do not match English one-for-one.

In Persian, many time expressions do not need a preposition.

So شب by itself can mean:

• at night
• during the night
• tonight, depending on context

Here it means something like at night.

Using در شب is usually less natural in everyday Persian for this meaning. Persian often just uses the time word directly:

• شب = at night
• امروز = today
• فردا = tomorrow

The order can be changed.

This sentence starts with the condition:

• اگر این راه خطرناک نبود، شب از آنجا میرفتم.

But Persian can also put the main clause first:

• شب از آنجا میرفتم اگر این راه خطرناک نبود.

That said, putting the اگر clause first is often clearer and more common, especially in teaching examples.

Within the clause, Persian also tends to place adverbials like شب before the verb, which is what you see here.

In modern standard Persian orthography, the preferred form is:

• می‌رفتم

with a half-space (technically a zero-width non-joiner) between می and the verb.

So the most standard spelling is:

• اگر این راه خطرناک نبود، شب از آنجا می‌رفتم.

However, learners will often see it written without the half-space in informal typing:

• میرفتم

Both are understood, but می‌رفتم is the standard written form.

Yes, very much so.

This sentence follows the common Persian pattern for a present unreal or hypothetical condition:

• اگر
  • past form in the condition
• past imperfect form in the result

Compare:

• اگر پول داشتم، می‌خریدم. = If I had money, I would buy it.

• اگر این راه خطرناک نبود، شب از آنجا می‌رفتم. = If this road weren’t dangerous, I would go/pass there at night.

So even though the Persian forms look past, the meaning is often present or hypothetical, just like in English If it were... I would...

Yes. In spoken Persian, اگه is very common and natural.

• اگر = more formal/written
• اگه = more conversational/spoken

So in everyday speech, many people would say:

• اگه این راه خطرناک نبود، شب از آنجا می‌رفتم.

Both mean the same thing. Learners should recognize both forms.