Learn Farsi: کارگردان بازیگران را برای این صحنه هدایت می‌کرد. - The director was guiding the actors for this scene.

کارگردان بازیگران را برای این صحنه هدایت می‌کرد.kârgardân bâzigarân râ barâye in sahne hedâyat mikard.

The director was guiding the actors for this scene.

Breakdown of کارگردان بازیگران را برای این صحنه هدایت می‌کرد.

definite direct object marker

بازیگرbâzigar

actor

Questions & Answers about کارگردان بازیگران را برای این صحنه هدایت می‌کرد.

Why is the plural of actor بازیگران instead of بازیگرها?

In written Farsi, the suffix ان is often used to make animate nouns (people and animals) plural. While بازیگرها using the standard plural ها is perfectly fine and more common in everyday speech, بازیگران is standard for slightly formal or written contexts.

Why do we need the word را after the actors?

The word را marks the specific direct object of the sentence. Because the actors (بازیگران) are a specific, known group receiving the action of being guided, Farsi grammar requires را right after the noun to indicate this.

How do we know هدایت می‌کرد means 'was guiding' instead of 'guided'?

The prefix می added to the simple past tense creates the past continuous tense (was doing something). The simple past of the compound verb هدایت کردن (to guide) for the third person is هدایت کرد (guided). Adding می turns it into هدایت می‌کرد (was guiding).

What are the root words that make up کارگردان (director)?

It is a compound noun made from کار (work) and گردان, which is the present stem of گرداندن (to turn, to manage, or to run). So a کارگردان is literally the person who manages or runs the work.