Breakdown of ما راز را درون خویشتن پنهان میکنیم.
ما
we
راrâ
definite direct object marker
رازrâz
secret
پنهان کردنpenhân kardan
to hide
درونdarun
inner self / inside (abstract/internal)
خویشتنkhishtan
oneself
Questions & Answers about ما راز را درون خویشتن پنهان میکنیم.
Why is خویشتن used here without a personal ending like -مان?
خویشتن (oneself) is a formal, literary alternative to خود. While you would say خودمان in everyday speech to mean "ourselves", خویشتن is a fixed word. It does not take pronoun suffixes (like -مان or -تان) but simply takes its meaning from the subject of the sentence, which is ما (we).
Is there an ezafe connecting درون and خویشتن?
Yes! درون means "inside" or "interior". To connect it to خویشتن (ourselves), you must use the spoken ezafe vowel, making it pronounced as darun-e khishtan.
What does the verb پنهان میکنیم literally mean?
It literally translates to "we hide" or "we conceal". It comes from the compound verb پنهان کردن (to hide). While the English translation says "we keep the secret", Farsi often expresses this as "hiding" a secret inside oneself.
Why do we need را right after راز?
را is the definite object marker. Because the sentence means "We keep the secret" (a specific, known secret), the object راز needs را. If it were just keeping a secret in general, you would drop the را.
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