Word
شما باید زیر ذرهبین به مکانیزم نگاه کنید.
Meaning
You must look at the mechanism under a magnifying glass.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of شما باید زیر ذرهبین به مکانیزم نگاه کنید.
شما
you (plural)
بهbe
to
زیرzir
under
بایدbâyad
must
Questions & Answers about شما باید زیر ذرهبین به مکانیزم نگاه کنید.
Why do we use نگاه کنید instead of نگاه میکنید here?
The word باید (must) requires the verb that follows it to be in the subjunctive mood. For compound verbs like نگاه کردن (to look), you form the subjunctive by dropping the می prefix from the normal present tense. Therefore, نگاه میکنید becomes نگاه کنید.
Why is there a به before مکانیزم?
In Farsi, the verb نگاه کردن (to look) always pairs with the preposition به (to). While in English you say "look at something", in Farsi you literally "look to something".
How is the word ذرهبین (magnifying glass) formed?
ذرهبین is a compound noun made of two parts: ذره meaning "particle" or "tiny speck", and بین, which is the present stem of the verb دیدن (to see). Literally, a magnifying glass is a "particle-seer"!
Can I change the order of the phrases زیر ذرهبین and به مکانیزم?
Yes! Farsi is quite flexible with the order of prepositional phrases as long as the verb stays at the end. You could just as easily say شما باید به مکانیزم زیر ذرهبین نگاه کنید and the meaning remains exactly the same.