کسی که بتواند کمک کند

Nonasserted Relative Clauses

Level 4

می‌خواهم کسی را پیدا کنم که بتواند کمک کند. The helper has not yet been identified.

How It Works

State the search criterion. In دنبال کسی می‌گردم که بتواند کمک کند, the speaker wants a suitable helper. بتواند and کمک کند describe a requirement, without claiming that a particular helper has been found.

Compare a known person. کسی که فارسی بلد است اینجاست identifies someone whose knowledge is asserted. بلد است is ordinary indicative. The contrast concerns what the speaker asserts, not an English who versus whoever distinction.

Keep the relative subject clear. In کتابی می‌خواهم که تمرین‌های ساده داشته باشد, the book is what should have the exercises. The special subjunctive داشته باشد belongs to داشتن; it is not built by attaching بـ to دارد.

Do not promise existence. A desired description can remain unfulfilled: کسی را پیدا نکردم که بتواند کمک کند. The negative main clause and the dependent description work together. The subordinate verb need not copy the main clause’s past shape.

Examples (4)

  1. دنبال کسی می‌گردم که بتواند کمک کند.

    I am looking for someone who can help.

  2. کسی که فارسی بلد است اینجاست.

    The person who knows Persian is here.

    The property is asserted about the identified person.

  3. کتابی می‌خواهم که تمرین‌های ساده داشته باشد.

    I want a book that has simple exercises.

  4. کسی را پیدا نکردم که بتواند کمک کند.

    I did not find anyone who could help.

    The requirement is not asserted as fulfilled.

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کسی که بتواند کمک کندLevel 4Nonasserted Relative Clauses

Learn This First

Recognize a relative clause describing a noun. Read subjunctive person endings. Recognize the special subjunctive of داشتن.

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