Breakdown of نبض و نفس بیمار را کنترل کردند.
و
and
راrâ
definite direct object marker
کنترل کردنkontrol kardan
to control
بیمارbimâr
patient (medical)
نبضnabz
pulse
نفسnafas
breath
Questions & Answers about نبض و نفس بیمار را کنترل کردند.
How would I apply this lesson's grammar to say "Upon checking the patient's pulse and breath..."?
You would use به محض (be mahz-e) followed by the long infinitive of the verb. The infinitive of کنترل کردند is کنترل کردن. You then link the action to its object using an Ezafe: به محض کنترل کردنِ نبض و نفس بیمار... (be mahz-e kontrol kardan-e nabz o nafas-e bimar...).
Why is کنترل کردند translated as "they checked" instead of "they controlled"?
While کنترل کردن is a loanword that often means "to control" (like a machine or a situation), in Farsi it is also the standard verb for "to check", "to inspect", or "to monitor". You will frequently see it used for medical vitals, tickets, or documents.
In the phrase نبض و نفس بیمار, where exactly does the Ezafe (the linking sound) go?
When two nouns are joined by "and" (و) and share the same possessor, the Ezafe only attaches to the second noun. You say نبض و نفسِ بیمار (nabz o nafas-e bimar), linking "breath" to "patient", rather than putting an extra Ezafe on نبض (pulse) as well.
Why does the direct object marker را come after بیمار (patient) if the actual things being checked are the pulse and breath?
The marker را must follow the entire noun phrase that serves as the direct object. Here, the complete direct object is "the pulse and breath of the patient" (نبض و نفس بیمار), so را is placed at the very end of that entire grammatical block, right after بیمار.
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