Word
در بیداری، ما خودمان را کنترل میکنیم.
Meaning
In wakefulness, we control ourselves.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of در بیداری، ما خودمان را کنترل میکنیم.
ما
we
درdar
in
راrâ
definite direct object marker
خودkhod
self
Questions & Answers about در بیداری، ما خودمان را کنترل میکنیم.
How does خودمان mean "ourselves"?
The word for "self" is خود (khod). To make it specific to "us", we add the first-person plural possessive ending ـِمان (-emân). So, خودمان literally means "our self" or "ourselves".
I know بیدار (bidâr) means "awake", but what does the ی (-i) at the end of بیداری do?
Adding the suffix ی (-i) to an adjective turns it into an abstract noun. Just like "awake" becomes "wakefulness" in English, the adjective بیدار (bidâr) becomes the noun بیداری (bidâri) in Farsi.
Why does the object marker را (râ) come immediately after خودمان?
The word را (râ) marks the definite direct object of a sentence. Since "ourselves" (خودمان) is the specific entity receiving the action of being controlled, it needs the را marker directly after it.
Do we strictly need to use the pronoun ما (we) here, since the verb ending already shows the subject?
Not strictly! Farsi is a "pro-drop" language, meaning the verb ending ـیم (-im) in میکنیم already tells us the subject is "we". However, including ما emphasizes the subject and flows very naturally alongside the reflexive خودمان (ourselves).