Breakdown of لطفاً خودت را سرزنش نکن.
لطفاًlotfan
please
راrâ
definite direct object marker
خودkhod
self
سرزنش کردنsarzanesh kardan
to blame
Questions & Answers about لطفاً خودت را سرزنش نکن.
How is "yourself" formed in this sentence?
It is made by taking khod (self) and adding the possessive ending -at (your). Together, khodat acts as the reflexive pronoun "yourself".
Why do we need the word râ after khodat?
The word râ marks the specific direct object of a sentence. Because you are telling someone not to blame themselves (a specific person receiving the action), khodat needs râ right after it.
Why does the verb end in nakon instead of a regular conjugation?
This is a negative command ("do not blame"). The infinitive is sarzanesh kardan (to blame). For negative commands, we use the negative prefix na- attached to the present stem of kardan, which is kon.
I hear an "an" sound at the end of lotfan (please), but it ends with an alef letter. Why?
lotfan is originally an Arabic word. The ending is written with a special symbol over an alef called "tanvin", which is pronounced as "an" instead of the usual "â" sound.
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