Breakdown of مدیر خودش گزارش را امضا میکند.
راrâ
definite direct object marker
مدیرmodir
manager
امضا کردنemzâ kardan
to sign
گزارشgozâresh
report
Questions & Answers about مدیر خودش گزارش را امضا میکند.
Why does the word for himself have an -esh ending?
The base word for self is khod. To emphasize who is doing the action, we add a possessive ending that matches the subject. Since modir (the manager) is third-person singular (he or she), we add the ending -esh to create khodesh (himself or herself).
Does khodesh always have to go right after the subject it emphasizes?
Usually, yes! When using khod as an emphatic intensifier to mean the manager himself, it is placed immediately after the noun or pronoun it emphasizes.
Could I leave out ra and just say gozaresh emza mikonad?
No, because you are talking about a specific report. In Farsi, when an action is done to a specific direct object (like the report instead of just a report), you must follow that noun with the object marker ra.
I see mikonad at the end. Why do we use the verb for doing to mean signs?
It is part of a compound verb. Farsi creates many verbs by combining a noun with a helper verb like kardan (to do or make). Here, the noun emza (signature) is paired with the present-tense form mikonad (he or she does) to create emza mikonad, which means he or she signs.