Breakdown of مادر ما را صدا میکند و بیدار میکند.
ما
we
و
and
مادرmâdar
mother
راrâ
definite direct object marker
Questions & Answers about مادر ما را صدا میکند و بیدار میکند.
What is the role of ما را in this sentence?
ما (mâ) means "we", and را (râ) is the marker that shows a specific direct object. When combined, ما را acts as an independent object pronoun meaning "us". It shows who the mother is calling.
The English translation says "calls us and wakes us up," but the Farsi sentence only has one ما را. Is that right?
Yes! In Farsi, when two verbs connected by و (and) share the same direct object, you usually only state the object once before the first verb. The single ما را applies to both صدا میکند (calls) and بیدار میکند (wakes up).
Why do both verbs end with میکند?
These are both compound verbs, which are very common in Farsi. They use the verb کردن (to do/make). صدا میکند literally means "makes a sound" (calls), and بیدار میکند means "makes awake" (wakes up). They both use the "he/she/it" form to match the subject, مادر (mother).
Why does the object ما را come before the verbs?
Unlike English, which uses a Subject-Verb-Object word order, Farsi normally uses Subject-Object-Verb. That is why مادر (the subject) comes first, followed by ما را (the object), and the verbs come at the end.