Word
اهرمی را که اینجا میبینی، فشار دادم.
Meaning
I pushed the lever that you see here.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of اهرمی را که اینجا میبینی، فشار دادم.
اینجاinjâ
here
دیدنdidan
to see / to watch
راrâ
definite direct object marker
کهke
that (conjunction)
Questions & Answers about اهرمی را که اینجا میبینی، فشار دادم.
Why does râ come immediately after ahrami instead of at the end of the whole object phrase?
When a direct object is modified by a relative clause starting with ke, the object marker râ attaches to the antecedent (the noun being described) right before ke. So we say ahrami râ ke... (the lever that...) rather than putting râ at the very end of the clause after mibini.
If ahram has the -i suffix (ahrami), does that mean it translates to 'a lever' rather than 'the lever'?
Not here. Even though -i is often the indefinite article, before a ke clause it acts as a restrictive suffix. It links the noun to its relative clause, meaning 'the specific lever that...'. Because it refers to a specific, defined lever, we still need the definite object marker râ right after it.
The lever is the direct object of both 'you see' and 'I pushed'. How does Farsi structure this compared to English?
Farsi handles it very similarly to English here. The entire chunk ahrami râ ke injâ mibini acts as the direct object for the main verb feshâr dâdam. You do not need to repeat the object or add a resumptive pronoun like ân râ (it) before the main verb.
I know dâdam means 'I gave'. What is the literal meaning of feshâr dâdam?
feshâr means 'pressure' or 'stress'. So feshâr dâdan literally translates to 'giving pressure', which is the standard compound verb in Farsi for pushing or pressing a physical object like a button, lever, or key.