Breakdown of ما اقدامات تشکیلات را فراموش نکردیم.
ما
we
راrâ
definite direct object marker
فراموش کردنfarâmush kardan
to forget
تشکیلاتtashkilât
organization / apparatus (structure, setup)
اقداماتeghdâmât
actions / measures
Questions & Answers about ما اقدامات تشکیلات را فراموش نکردیم.
I see two words ending in -ât here: eghdâmât and tashkilât. Are they both just regular plurals?
They both use the Arabic plural suffix -ât, but they function a bit differently in Farsi. The word eghdâmât is the straightforward plural of eghdâm (measure or action). However, tashkilât (literally formations or establishments) is typically used as a singular collective noun in Farsi to mean the organization or the establishment.
How are the words for measures and organization linked? Do I need to pronounce an ezâfe here?
Yes, they are linked by the hidden ezâfe (the e sound), making it eghdâmât-e tashkilât (the measures of the organization). Because eghdâmât ends in a consonant (the letter te), the ezâfe is not written out in the Persian script, but you must pronounce it to connect the two nouns.
Why is the direct object marker râ placed after tashkilât instead of right after eghdâmât?
The word râ marks the entire specific direct object. Here, the complete direct object is the noun phrase eghdâmât-e tashkilât (the measures of the organization). Therefore, râ goes at the very end of that entire phrase, not in the middle of it.
Why does the sentence use nakardim (we did not do) to mean did not forget?
The verb to forget in Farsi is a compound verb: farâmush kardan (literally to do forgotten). To make it negative and past tense for we, you add the na- prefix to the conjugated part of the verb, giving us farâmush nakardim.
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