Breakdown of لطفاً به جای ماساژ قلبی، به بیمار تنفس مصنوعی بدهید.
لطفاًlotfan
please
قلبqalb
heart
بهbe
to
دادنdâdan
to give
به جایbe jâ-ye
instead of
بیمارbimâr
patient (medical)
ماساژmâsâzh
massage
مصنوعیmasnu'i
artificial
تنفسtanaffos
breathing / respiration
Questions & Answers about لطفاً به جای ماساژ قلبی، به بیمار تنفس مصنوعی بدهید.
This lesson teaches be mahz-e (immediately after), but this sentence uses be jay-e. Do they follow the same grammatical rules?
Yes, they function identically! Just as be mahz-e requires the Ezafe to link to the noun or infinitive that follows it, be jay-e (instead of) also uses the Ezafe to connect to its target noun, as seen here in be jay-e masazh (instead of massage).
Is masazh-e qalbi the standard way to say CPR in Farsi?
Yes, in practical instructions and everyday emergencies, masazh-e qalbi (literally "cardiac massage") is the most common term for chest compressions. While the formal medical term for cardiopulmonary resuscitation is ehya-ye qalbi riyavi, you will rarely hear it in urgent, spoken contexts.
What is the literal breakdown of the phrase tanaffos-e masnu'i?
Tanaffos is an Arabic-derived word meaning "respiration" or "breathing". Masnu'i means "artificial" or "synthetic". Joined by the Ezafe, the phrase perfectly mirrors the English "artificial respiration" and is also the standard way to say "mouth-to-mouth".
Why is the verb bedehid used here instead of a verb for "do" or "perform"?
In Farsi, the compound verb for administering artificial respiration is tanaffos-e masnu'i dadan (literally, "to give artificial respiration"). Because the speaker is making a polite request alongside lotfan, the verb is conjugated in the formal imperative form: be- (command prefix) + deh (present stem of dadan) + -id (formal plural ending).
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