Breakdown of او ناخودآگاه ناخنهایش را میجود.
او
he/she
راrâ
definite direct object marker
ناخنnâkhon
nail (body part)
جویدنjavidan
to chew
Questions & Answers about او ناخودآگاه ناخنهایش را میجود.
How is the word nākhodāgāh (unconsciously) formed?
It is made of three distinct parts: nā- (a negative prefix like "un-" or "in-"), khod (self), and āgāh (aware or conscious). Put together, it literally means "not-self-aware" and translates to "unconsciously" or "subconsciously".
This lesson teaches bedun-e inke (without doing). How could we replace nākhodāgāh using this new grammar structure?
You could replace it with bedun-e inke befahmad (without her understanding) or bedun-e inke motevajjeh beshavad (without her realizing). Notice that after bedun-e inke, the verbs must be in the present subjunctive form (befahmad and beshavad).
Why is there a "y" added in the middle of nākhon-hā-yash (her nails)?
The plural word for nails, nākhon-hā, ends in a long vowel. When you attach the third-person possessive ending -ash (her), Farsi requires a bridge consonant to connect the two vowels smoothly. That bridge is "y", which makes it nākhon-hā-yash instead of the awkward "nākhon-hā-ash".
What is the infinitive of the verb mī-javad (chews)?
The infinitive is javīdan (to chew). To get "she chews", we take the present stem jav-, add the continuous prefix mī- to the front, and attach the third-person singular ending -ad to the end.