باشم / داشته باشم

Irregular Subjunctive Forms

Level 3

بودن → باشم; داشتن → داشته باشم. Compare هستم / دارم in a factual statement.

How It Works

Being. The forms are باشم، باشی، باشد، باشیم، باشید، باشند. Use them after a wish, requirement, possibility, or another construction that calls for a subjunctive. A factual statement instead uses a copula or a form such as هستم.

Having. Keep داشته and change the second word for the person: داشته باشم، داشته باشی، داشته باشد and the corresponding plural forms. The ending on باشـ identifies the person who has the thing.

Negation. Use نباشم for not be and نداشته باشم for not have. Negation in the possession construction belongs on داشته.

Reading the time. In می‌خواهم فردا وقت داشته باشم, فردا places possession tomorrow. The construction’s meaning comes from the whole clause, not from translating داشته as a completed past action.

Examples (4)

  1. باید ساعت هشت اینجا باشم.

    I must be here at eight.

  2. می‌خواهم فردا وقت داشته باشم.

    I want to have time tomorrow.

    داشته باشم names the desired possession of time.

  3. ممکن است خانه نباشد.

    They may not be at home.

  4. بهتر است پول کافی همراهتان داشته باشید.

    It is better to have enough money with you.

    داشته باشید fits plural or respectful شما.

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باشم / داشته باشمLevel 3Irregular Subjunctive Forms

Learn This First

First distinguish a subjunctive from a factual present statement. Know the ordinary possession forms so you can see why دارم is not used here.

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