اگر وقت نداری، من خودم به فروشگاه میروم.

Yes, اگر is the normal word for if in Persian.

In this sentence, اگر وقت نداری means if you don't have time.

A very common pattern is:

اگر + clause, main clause

So here:

• اگر وقت نداری = if you don’t have time
• من خودم به فروشگاه می‌روم = I’ll go to the store myself

Persian also has other ways to express conditions, but اگر is the most basic and common word to learn first.

نداری comes from the verb داشتن (to have).

Breakdown:

• دار = present stem of داشتن
• -ی = you (singular) ending
• نـ = negative prefix

So:

• داری = you have / you are having
• نداری = you do not have / you don’t have

In this sentence, وقت نداری literally means you don’t have time.

Because Persian does not use a separate auxiliary verb like English do in negatives.

In English:

• you do not have

In Persian:

• نداری = you-not-have

The negation is built directly into the verb with نـ.

So Persian does not need a separate word corresponding to English do here.

Yes. وقت means time, especially in the sense of having time / availability / enough time.

So:

• وقت داری؟ = Do you have time?
• وقت ندارم = I don’t have time

A native English speaker should know that this is a very common and natural expression in Persian. It works much like have time in English.

Yes, من could be omitted.

Persian often drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear.

So both of these are natural:

• من خودم به فروشگاه می‌روم
• خودم به فروشگاه می‌روم

The ending of می‌روم already tells you the subject is I.

Why include من then? Usually for:

• emphasis
• contrast
• clarity

Here, من adds a little stress, like: I’ll go myself.

خودم means myself.

Breakdown:

• خود = self
• -م = my / I

So:

• خودم = myself
• خودت = yourself
• خودش = himself / herself / themself

In this sentence, من خودم adds emphasis:

• I myself
• I’ll go myself
• I’ll take care of it myself

It gives the idea that the speaker will do it personally, without needing the other person to go.

به often means to.

Here it marks direction:

• به فروشگاه = to the store

Since رفتن means to go, Persian commonly uses به before the destination:

• به خانه می‌روم = I go home / I’m going home
• به مدرسه می‌روم = I go to school
• به فروشگاه می‌روم = I go to the store

In everyday speech, به is sometimes omitted with some destinations, but using it here is completely correct and standard.

فروشگاه means store, shop, or sometimes retail store.

It is a correct and fairly standard word, but depending on context, Persian speakers might also use other words, such as:

• مغازه = shop, small store
• سوپرمارکت = supermarket
• بازار = market

So فروشگاه is not wrong at all, but it can sound a bit more neutral or formal than some everyday alternatives.

Because Persian usually follows Subject–Object/Complement–Verb word order, with the verb near or at the end.

So the sentence structure is:

• من = I
• خودم = myself
• به فروشگاه = to the store
• می‌روم = go / am going

This is very normal Persian word order.

English speakers often want to say something like: I go to the store myself with the verb earlier, but Persian strongly prefers the verb at the end.

میـ is a marker used with many present/imperfective forms in Persian.

With رفتن (to go):

• present stem: رو
• می‌ + رو + م = می‌روم

This form can mean:

• I go
• I am going
• sometimes I will go, depending on context

In this sentence, because of the conditional اگر وقت نداری, می‌روم is naturally understood as something like:

• I’ll go
• I’ll go myself

So Persian often uses the present form where English might use will.

They are related, but not exactly the same in style.

• می‌روم = standard formal spelling
• ميروم / میروم = same idea, but without the modern half-space; common in less careful typing
• میرم = colloquial spoken/written form of می‌روم

So:

• می‌روم is best for standard written Persian
• می‌رم / میرم is common in everyday speech and informal writing

In speech, many people pronounce it closer to miram than the full formal miravam-type pronunciation you may learn from very careful citation forms.

Because Persian often uses the present tense to express a future idea when the context already makes it clear.

In this sentence, the condition اگر وقت نداری makes the future meaning obvious:

• If you don’t have time, I’ll go myself

So می‌روم works perfectly naturally.

Persian does have a future construction, but in everyday language speakers often prefer the present form for near-future or contextually clear future actions.

Yes. A more conversational version might be:

اگر وقت نداری، خودم می‌رم فروشگاه.

Possible differences:

• می‌رم instead of می‌روم = more informal
• من omitted = very common
• sometimes به omitted in speech

The original sentence is absolutely correct, but it sounds a bit more careful or written. A learner should understand both the formal and the colloquial style.

The comma is not always strictly necessary, but it is very common and helpful in writing.

It separates:

• the if-clause: اگر وقت نداری
• the main clause: من خودم به فروشگاه می‌روم

So the comma improves readability, much like in English: If you don’t have time, I’ll go myself.

In informal texting, people may leave it out.