Word
روانشناس انگیزهی او را ارزیابی کرد.
Meaning
The psychologist evaluated his motivation.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of روانشناس انگیزهی او را ارزیابی کرد.
راrâ
definite direct object marker
روانشناسravân-shenâs
psychologist
انگیزهangize
motivation
ارزیابی کردنarzyâbi kardan
to evaluate
Questions & Answers about روانشناس انگیزهی او را ارزیابی کرد.
Why does the sentence use u for "his" instead of khodash?
This is a great example of when not to use the reflexive pronoun! The word u shows that the psychologist evaluated someone else's motivation. If the psychologist were evaluating their own motivation, the sentence would use angize-ye khodash (his/her own motivation) to reflect back to the subject of the sentence.
Why does the direct object marker râ come after u instead of after angize (motivation)?
The marker râ must go at the very end of the entire direct object phrase. Here, the complete direct object is "his motivation", which translates to the noun phrase angize-ye u. Therefore, râ is placed at the end of that whole block, not right after the head noun.
How is the word ravân-shenâs (psychologist) constructed?
It is made of two parts: ravân (soul, spirit, or mind) and shenâs. The suffix -shenâs comes from the present stem of the verb shenâkhtan (to know or recognize) and is used to mean an expert or specialist in a field. So, a psychologist in Farsi is literally a "mind-knower."
How is the ezafe (the linking grammatical sound) pronounced and written on angize?