Word
بچه با شیطنت خود پرستار را میخنداند.
Meaning
The child makes the caregiver laugh with his naughtiness.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of بچه با شیطنت خود پرستار را میخنداند.
باbâ
with
بچهbacheh
child
راrâ
definite direct object marker
خودkhod
self
Questions & Answers about بچه با شیطنت خود پرستار را میخنداند.
How does the verb میخنداند show the causative meaning ("makes laugh")?
It is built from the standard verb for "to laugh", خندیدن (khandidan). To make it causative, we take the present stem خند (khand) and add the causative suffix -ان (-ân). This creates a new present stem, خندان (khandân), meaning "make laugh". Then we conjugate it normally for the present tense: می + خندان + د = میخنداند.
Why do we use خود (self) instead of the possessive suffix -ش (his/her) for "his naughtiness"?
While you could say شیطنتش, Persian often prefers using the reflexive pronoun خود when the possessor is the same as the subject of the sentence. Since the subject (the child) is the one doing his own naughtiness, شیطنت خود is very natural and emphasizes that it is his own behavior.
Why is را placed directly after پرستار?
The word را is the specific direct object marker, and it must appear immediately after the noun phrase that is receiving the action. In a causative sentence like this, the person being made to do the action is the direct object. The caregiver (پرستار) is the specific person being made to laugh, so را attaches directly to it.
I thought پرستار meant a medical "nurse". Does it also mean "caregiver"?