Questions & Answers about نور بد بود، اما دیدمش.
How does دیدمش mean "I saw it"? I only see one word!
This is exactly how attached pronouns work when used as direct objects! The word دیدم (didam) means I saw. The ending ـَش (-ash) is the attached pronoun for him, her, or it. Put them together, and دیدمش (didam-ash) means I saw it.
Where is the object marker را in this sentence? Shouldn't a specific object like "it" take a را?
When you use an attached pronoun like ـَش as the direct object, you drop the را. The attached pronoun itself already does the job of showing what received the action. If you wanted to use a separate pronoun instead, you would need را and say آن را دیدم (I saw it).
Could دیدمش also mean "I saw him" or "I saw her"?
Yes, absolutely! The attached pronoun ـَش (-ash) works for him, her, and it. In this sentence, because the speaker mentions the light being bad first (نور بد بود), context tells us they are talking about trying to see a thing (it) rather than a person.
How do you pronounce the ending of دیدمش?
Because the verb دیدم (didam) ends in a consonant, the attached pronoun is pronounced with a short 'a' sound to link them smoothly. So, the whole word is pronounced didam-ash.