Breakdown of مدیر هرگز خودش را تنبیه نمیکند.
هرگزhargez
never
راrâ
definite direct object marker
مدیرmodir
manager
خودkhod
self
Questions & Answers about مدیر هرگز خودش را تنبیه نمیکند.
How is the word for "himself" built in this sentence?
It is made of three parts: خود (self), the possessive ending ـَش (his/her/its), and the direct object marker را. Because the manager is the one receiving the action of the verb, we add را to show that "himself" is the direct object.
Could خودش را also mean "herself" if the manager were a woman?
Yes! Farsi pronouns do not have gender. The ending ـَش can mean his, her, or its. You would use the exact same sentence if the manager was female.
The English translation says "never punishes", but the Farsi verb نمیکند is negative. Why?
In Farsi, negative words like هرگز (never) always require a negative verb. This is a double negative, which is grammatically required in Farsi. You are essentially saying that the manager never does not punish himself.
Why does را come right after خودش instead of at the very end of the sentence?
The marker را always comes immediately after the specific direct object, which is خودش (himself) here. The word تنبیه is the noun half of the compound verb تنبیه کردن (to punish), so it belongs at the end of the sentence with the rest of the verb rather than taking the object marker.