Breakdown of قابا و سنجاقا رو تو جعبه بذار.
و
and
راrâ
definite direct object marker
گذاشتنgozâshtan
to put
جعبهja'be
box
Questions & Answers about قابا و سنجاقا رو تو جعبه بذار.
Why do قاب and سنجاق end in an ا here?
In conversational Tehrani Farsi, the plural suffix ها shrinks to just ا when the noun ends in a consonant. So قاب (frame) becomes قابا and سنجاق (pin) becomes سنجاقا.
Why does the sentence use رو instead of را?
Since this is a casual, spoken sentence (as you can tell from the shortened plurals), the formal direct object marker را changes to its colloquial form رو.
Is تو acting as a preposition here?
Yes, تو (tu) is widely used in spoken Farsi to mean 'in' or 'inside'. It replaces formal prepositions like در or توی.
How do we get بذار from the verb گذاشتن (to put)?
The formal imperative (command) form of گذاشتن is بگذار (begozâr). In everyday speech, Iranians drop the 'g' sound, shortening it to بذار (bezâr).