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Many technology and social media actions—like posting photos or updating your profile—use compound verbs. Let's look at how to use them in the present perfect tense.

### Conjugating Compound Verbs

A compound verb consists of a non-verbal word and a "light verb" like **کردن** (to do/make).

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To form the present perfect, only conjugate the light verb. The non-verbal part stays exactly the same and sits right before it. For example, change **کردن** into its present perfect form, such as **کرده‌ام** (I have done).

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### Questions and Negation

When asking a question or making a negative statement, all grammatical changes happen on the light verb. Add the negative prefix **نـ** directly to the past participle (for example, **نکرده‌ام**).

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Present perfect of compound verbs

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

suffix

verb

Singular pronouns and copula (man, -am)

Plural pronouns and copula (mâ, -im)

Subject pronoun omission

Singular demonstratives (in, ân)

Plural demonstratives (inhâ, ânhâ)

Independent copula (hastam, hast)

Negative present copula (nistam, nist)

Yes/No questions (âyâ)

Regular plurals (-hâ)

Animate plurals (-ân)

Indefiniteness (yek)

Indefinite marker (-i)

Describing nouns (-e / -ye)

Possession (-e / -ye)

Singular possessives (-am, -at, -ash)

Plural possessives (-emân, -etân, -eshân)

Basic prepositions (dar, be, az, bâ)

Spatial prepositions (ru-ye, zir-e...)

Numbers 1 to 10 (yek, do, se...)

Numbers and singular nouns

Numbers 11 to 20 (yâzdah, davâzdah...)

Counting by tens to 100

Telling time (sâ'at)

The verb to have (dâram)

Negative to have (nadâram)

Basic word order (SOV)

Infinitives and present stems (-an)

Present indicative (mi-)

Negative present indicative (nemi-)

Compound verbs

Question words (che, kojâ)

How many (chand)

The definite object marker (râ)

Object pronouns (man râ, to râ)

Singular commands (be-)

Formal and plural commands (be- ... -id)

Negative commands (na-)

The present subjunctive (be-)

The negative present subjunctive (na-)

Must (bâyad)

Might (shâyad)

Wanting to do something (khâstan)

Being able to do something (tavânestan)

Forming the past stem

The simple past of to be (budan)

The simple past tense

Negative simple past (na-)

Attached object pronouns on verbs (-am, -at, -ash)

Comparative adjectives (-tar)

Basic conjunctions (va, ammâ, yâ)

Giving reasons (chon)

Adverbs of frequency and degree (hamishe, hargez, kheyli, kam)

Everyday actions (kâr kardan, bâz kardan)

Non-human plural subjects

Indefinite pronouns (kasi, chizi, jâyi)

Negative indefinite pronouns (hich-kas, hich-chiz, hich-jâ)

Reciprocal pronouns (hamdigar, yekdigar)

Reflexive pronouns (khod-)

Reflexive direct objects (khod râ)

Emphatic pronouns (khod)

The quantifier every (har)

The quantifier all (hame)

The quantifier some (ba'zi)

Another and other (-i digar)

Which (kodâm)

How much (cheghadr)

Comparisons of equality (mesl-e)

Superlative adjectives (-tarin)

Irregular comparatives and superlatives

Ordinal numbers (-om)

Pre-nominal ordinal numbers (-omin)

Fractions and percentages

Prepositions of theme (dar mored-e)

Prepositions of time (ghabl az, ba'd az)

Preposition of exclusion (bedun-e)

Resultative conjunctions (banâbarin, pas)

Hortative construction (biyâ, biyâyid)

The present progressive tense (dâram mi-)

The past continuous tense (mi-)

Negative past continuous (ne-mi-)

Past continuous of to have (dâshtam)

The past progressive tense (dâshtam mi-)

The past participle (-e)

Present perfect tense (-e-am, -e-ast)

Negative present perfect (na-)

Question	Answer
profile	پروفایلporofâyl
to update	به‌روزرسانی کردنbe-ruzresâni kardan
Have you updated your profile?	آیا پروفایل خود را به‌روزرسانی کرده‌اید؟âyâ profâyl khod râ beruzresâni karde'id?
account	حسابhesâb
I have updated my account.	من حساب خود را به‌روزرسانی کرده‌ام.man hesâb-e khod râ be-ruz-resâni karde-am
network	شبکهshabake
social	اجتماعیejtemâ'i
to post	پست کردنpost kardan
She has posted a new photo on social networks.	او یک عکس جدید در شبکه‌های اجتماعی پست کرده است.u yek aks-e jadid dar shabake-hâye ejtemâ'i post karde ast.
We have not posted anything today.	ما امروز چیزی پست نکرده‌ایم.mâ emrooz chizi post nakarde-im.
to follow (pursue)	دنبال کردنdonbâl kardan
Have you followed the new actor?	آیا شما بازیگر جدید را دنبال کرده‌اید؟âyâ shomâ bâzigar jadid râ donbâl kardeid?
They have followed my account.	آنها حساب من را دنبال کرده‌اند.ânhâ hesâb man râ donbâl kardeh-and.
to block	مسدود کردنmasdud kardan
Has he blocked anyone?	آیا او کسی را مسدود کرده است؟âyâ u kasi râ masdud karde ast?
I have blocked that strange friend.	من آن دوست عجیب را مسدود کرده‌ام.man ân doste ajib râ masdud karde-am
to upload	بارگذاری کردنbârgozâri kardan
Have you uploaded the project file?	آیا فایل پروژه را بارگذاری کرده‌ای؟âyâ fâyl porozhe râ bârgozâri karde-i?
The engineer has not uploaded the files to the network.	مهندس فایل‌ها را در شبکه بارگذاری نکرده است.mohandes fâylhâ râ dar shabake bârgozâri nakarde ast
to save	ذخیره کردنzakhire kardan
I have saved this video in my profile.	من این ویدیو را در پروفایل خود ذخیره کرده‌ام.man in vidyo râ dar porofâyl khod zakhire karde-am.
Have they saved the interesting photo?	آیا آنها عکس جالب را ذخیره کرده‌اند؟âyâ ânhâ aks-e jâleb râ zakhire karde-and?
I have updated my profile on the social network.	من پروفایل خود را در شبکه‌ی اجتماعی به‌روزرسانی کرده‌ام.man profâyl khod râ dar shabake-ye ejtemâ'i be-ruz-resâni karde-am.