Breakdown of روانشناس میگوید که من خودم باید اعتماد به نفس پیدا کنم.
من
I
گفتنgoftan
to say / to tell
پیدا کردنpeydâ kardan
to find / to get / to develop (a condition)
بایدbâyad
must
کهke
that (conjunction)
خودkhod
self
روانشناسravân-shenâs
psychologist
اعتماد به نفسe'temâd be nafs
self-confidence
اعتمادe'temâd
trust (noun)
Questions & Answers about روانشناس میگوید که من خودم باید اعتماد به نفس پیدا کنم.
Why do we use both man and khodam right next to each other?
In this sentence, khodam is used as an emphatic pronoun. man means "I" and khodam means "myself". Using them together translates to "I myself", placing a strong emphasis on the fact that you must find confidence yourself, rather than relying on someone else. You could drop man and just say khodam, but using both makes the emphasis even stronger.
Does nafs in e'temâd be nafs mean the same thing as khod?
Yes, in terms of meaning. e'temâd be nafs is a fixed, Arabic-derived phrase meaning "self-confidence". e'temâd means "trust", be means "to" or "in", and nafs means "self" or "soul". While khod is the everyday native Farsi word for "self", nafs is used in this specific set phrase.
Why is the verb at the end peydâ konam instead of peydâ mikonam?
The word bâyad (must) requires the verb that follows it to be in the subjunctive mood, because it expresses a necessity rather than a guaranteed fact. For the compound verb peydâ kardan (to find), the helper verb kardan becomes subjunctive, changing to konam for "I". Notice that kardan usually drops the standard subjunctive be- prefix when it is part of a compound verb.
How is the word ravân-shenâs (psychologist) constructed?
It is made of two parts: ravân (soul, spirit, or mind) and shenâs (the present stem of shenâkhtan, to know or recognize). The suffix -shenâs is very common in Farsi for naming experts, scientists, or doctors in a specific field. So, a ravân-shenâs is literally a "knower of the mind".
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