Breakdown of همانطور که کارگردان گفت، لطفاً به دوربین نگاه کن و لبخند بزن.
و
and
لطفاًlotfan
please
بهbe
to
گفتنgoftan
to say / to tell
نگاه کردنnegâh kardan
to look, to watch
دوربینdurbin
camera
کارگردانkârgardân
director
همانطور کهhamân-tor ke
just as / in the same way that
لبخند زدنlabkhand zadan
to smile
Questions & Answers about همانطور که کارگردان گفت، لطفاً به دوربین نگاه کن و لبخند بزن.
How does hamân-tor ke literally translate to mean "just as"?
It breaks down into three parts: hamân means "that same", tor means "way" or "manner", and ke means "that". So literally, it means "in that same way that". Here, it connects the action of the director speaking to how you should act, translating naturally as "just as".
Why do we use be before durbin instead of just saying durbin-râ negâh kon?
The compound verb negâh kardan (to look) requires the preposition be (to/at) to show what you are looking at. Just like in English you "look at the camera", in Farsi you say be durbin negâh kon instead of treating the camera as a direct object with -râ.
Why does "smile" translate to labkhand bezan, and what is the infinitive?
"To smile" is the compound verb labkhand zadan, which literally means "to strike a smile". Because this sentence is giving a command ("please smile"), we use the imperative form. The imperative of zadan is bezan.
Why doesn't negâh kon have a be- prefix like bezan does?
For compound verbs made with kardan (to do/make), the imperative prefix be- is often dropped in everyday Farsi. While negâh bekon is grammatically correct, negâh kon is much more common. However, for verbs like zadan (used in labkhand bezan), the be- prefix is almost always kept.
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