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Questions & Answers about انتخابِ تو خوب بود.
How do we know تو means "your" here instead of "you"?
The word for choice, انتخاب, is connected to تو using the ezafe (an "e" sound added to the end of a word). When a noun is linked to a pronoun this way, it shows possession, making it "your choice".
Could I use a possessive ending instead of تو?
Yes! You can attach the possessive ending directly to the noun to make انتخابت (entekhabet). Using انتخابِ تو (entekhab-e to) means exactly the same thing, but it places slightly more emphasis on the fact that it was your choice.
How would I apply the negative simple past to this sentence to say the choice was not good?
You change the verb بود (was) to its negative form by adding the نـ (na-) prefix. "Was not" becomes نبود (nabood), making the full sentence انتخابِ تو خوب نبود.
Why doesn't the verb بود have a personal ending like "-am" or "-i"?
The subject of this sentence is انتخابِ تو (your choice), which acts as an "it" (third-person singular). In the Farsi simple past tense, the "he/she/it" form is always just the bare past stem of the verb. Since the stem is بود, no extra ending is added.