Questions & Answers about من هر روز در مهدکودک به این بچه پوشک میپوشانم.
How is the verb میپوشانم formed from the regular verb for "to wear"?
The normal verb for "to wear" is پوشیدن (pushidan), which has the present stem پوش (push). By adding the causative suffix ان (-ân-), we get a new stem: پوشان (pushân). This changes the meaning from "to wear" to "to make someone wear" or "to dress someone". Finally, we add the habitual prefix می (mi-) and the "I" ending م (-am) to get میپوشانم (I dress / I put [clothing] on).
Why do we use the preposition به before این بچه?
When you use a causative verb like پوشاندن (to make someone wear), the person who is being dressed takes the preposition به (to). Think of it literally as "I cause a diaper to be worn to this child."
What does the word مهدکودک literally mean?
It's a compound word connected by the ezāfe sound (the hidden "e" linking words). مهد (mahd) means "cradle" and کودک (kudak) means "child". So, مهدکودک (mahd-e kudak) literally means "cradle of the child", which is the standard Farsi word for daycare, nursery school, or kindergarten.
Why doesn't پوشک (diaper) have the direct object marker را (râ) here?
The word را (râ) is only used for specific direct objects (like "the diaper" or "that diaper"). Because the speaker is just saying they put "a diaper" (a general or indefinite object) on the child, is dropped. In these cases, the general object usually sits right next to the verb, as in .