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خواستن

خواستن

Persian

Verb

Dari خواستن
Iranian Persian خواستن
Tajik хостан (xostan)

خواستن (xâstan) (present stem خواه (xâh))

  1. (auxiliary) to want (to do something)
  2. to want
  3. to intend

Conjugation

Usage notes

  • (auxiliary, to want): When خواستن is used as an auxiliary verb, the main verb is conjugated in the subjunctive/conditional. That is, both verbs are conjugated for person, so the resulting sentence has a verb clause that does not exist in the natural English translation. A literal reading of می‌خواهم بروم (mi-xâham beravam) / می‌خوام برم (mi-xâm beram, I want to go) is therefore, “I want [that] I go.”

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