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Questions & Answers about هر روز بدو.
How do we get the command بدو (bedow) for "run"?
The infinitive "to run" is دویدن (davidan). To make a command to one person, you take the present stem, which is دو (dow), and add the command prefix بـ (be-). This gives us بدو (bedow), meaning "Run!".
Is the prefix for commands always pronounced "be-"? I sometimes hear "bo-" for this word.
The prefix is spelled بـ, which is normally pronounced "be-". However, in spoken Farsi, when the verb stem has an "o" or "ow" sound (like دو), the prefix often changes to match it, sounding like "bo-". So you will very often hear بدو pronounced as "bodow".
Why doesn't the sentence include the word for "you"?
Just like in English, when you give a command to someone, the "you" is already understood. You don't need to say the word for "you", which is تو (to), before the verb unless you really want to emphasize who should do the running.
Why is "every day" (هر روز) at the beginning of the sentence instead of the end?
In Farsi, the verb almost always goes at the very end of the sentence. Because بدو (bedow) is the verb, time phrases like هر روز (har ruz, every day) are placed before it, unlike in English where they usually go at the end.