می‌خواهم که تو بیایی

Wanting Someone Else to Do Something

Level 4

The verb after که takes the ending of the new person, so it says بیایی for تو and بیایم for من.

How It Works

Who actsPatternExample
the same personمی‌خواهم + subjunctiveمی‌خواهم بروم. (I want to go.)
another personمی‌خواهم که + subject + subjunctiveمی‌خواهم که تو بروی. (I want you to go.)

The word که links the two parts. The person who acts comes next, and the verb takes that person's ending: مادرم می‌خواهد که من داکتر شوم. (My mother wants me to become a doctor.)

Other tenses of خواستن work the same way. The verb after که stays in the present subjunctive: خواهرم می‌خواست که برایش یک کتاب بخرم. (My sister wanted me to buy her a book.)

To ask someone to do something, use خواستن with از: از او خواستم که بیاید. (I asked him to come.) The person who is asked takes از, and the verb after که is the subjunctive.

Put the negative on the first verb to say you do not want it: نمی‌خواهم که دیر کنی (I don't want you to be late). Put it on the second verb to say you want the person not to do it: می‌خواهم که دیر نکنی (I want you not to be late).

Examples (5)

  1. مادرم می‌خواهد که من داکتر شوم.

    My mother wants me to become a doctor.

    The person who acts, من, comes after که, and شوم takes its ending.

  2. می‌خواهیم که شما امشب نزد ما بمانید.

    We want you to stay with us tonight.

    بمانید agrees with شما, the person who will stay.

  3. معلم از شاگردان خواست که کتاب‌های خود را باز کنند.

    The teacher asked the students to open their books.

    The people asked take از, and باز کنند is the subjunctive.

  4. نمی‌خواهم که دیر کنی.

    I don't want you to be late.

    نمی‌خواهم is negative, and کنی agrees with تو.

  5. خواهرم می‌خواست که برایش یک کتاب بخرم.

    My sister wanted me to buy her a book.

    Even after the past می‌خواست, the verb after که is the present subjunctive: بخرم.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the present tense with می‌ after که.

    می‌خواهم که تو می‌آیی.
    می‌خواهم که تو بیایی.

    After که, the verb is the subjunctive, not the present tense with می‌. For a simple verb like آمدن, that is بیایی.

  • Giving the second verb the wrong person ending.

    می‌خواهم که تو بیایم.
    می‌خواهم که تو بیایی.

    The second verb agrees with the person who acts, تو, so it ends in ـی.

How It Connects

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می‌خواهم که تو بیاییLevel 4Wanting Someone Else to Do Something

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The second verb takes the subjunctive and joins with که.

Words in This Pattern

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