The definite object

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The word را in Persian is known as the direct object marker or definite object indicator. It is a grammatical particle used to identify the direct object in a sentence.

را (رو/و)
را
علی منو (مرا/مرو) زد
Ali hit me
علی تورو (ترا) زد
Ali hit you
علی اونو (او را) زد
Ali hit him.
علی مارو (را) زد
Ali hit us
علی شمارو (ما را) زد
Ali hit you (us)
علی ایشونو (ایشان را) زد
Ali hit him/her.

We learned earlier that "را"in Persian, ت is used to mark the direct object when it is definite. However, now we can sometimes "را" remove and replace it with a pronoun that is directly attached to the verb. This happens when the object is a pronoun. Instead of saying "من تو را زدم"(I hit you), we say "زدمت". In this case, "را""تو"we dropped the -t (you) suffix and added "زدم". So, the rule is: when the object is a pronoun, there is no need for a pronoun "را". You simply attach the object pronoun to the end of the verb. So from now on, whenever you want to use a pronoun as an object, don't use the pronoun "را"- just add the pronoun to the verb. Examples: ۱. من تو را دیدم دیدمت ۲. من او را دیدم دیدمش ۳. من ما را دیدم دیدمان ۴. من شما را دیدم دیدمتان ۵. من آن‌ها را دیدم دیدمشـان --- ۶. تو من را دیدی دیدیـم ۷. او تو را دید دیدت ۸. ما او را دیدیم دیدیمش ۹. شما ما را دیدید دیدیدمان ۱۰. آن‌ها شما را دیدند دیدندتان ۱۱. او آن‌ها را دید دیدشان
دیدن
Seeing
علی دیدم
I saw Ali
علی دیدت
Ali saw you
علی زدش
Ali hit him
علی زدمون (زدمان)
Ali Zadman
علی زدتون (زدتون)
Ali hit you (hit you)
علی زدشون (زدشان)
Ali hit them

اذا وجدت "را" في جمله فارسيه ولم يكن هناك فعل متعد يتطلب مفعولا به مع علامته تكون هذه الـ"را" الاختصاصيه على الارجح والتي نترجمها ل ام لاجل وهناك دلاله اخرى نشرحها لاحقا ولكن اغلب الاحيان تاتي هذه الاداه علامه للمفعول به في الفصحى والعامه على السواء
خداروشکر (خدا را شکر)
Thank God
خدا
God
منو کتابی بود (مرا کتابی بود)
I had a book.
مرد خدارو (مرد خدا را)
The man of God
حسن زینبو (زینب را) دید
Hassan Zainab saw
فرهاد دیدش
Farhad Didesh
قیس و لیلی رو (لیلی را) دیدیم
We saw Qais and Lily.
شیرین دیدت
You looked sweet.
فاطمه ما رو (ما را) دید
Fatima saw us.
رستم دیدشون
Rostam saw them.
او منو (من را) دید
He saw me.
در
in
ما ایشونو (ایشون را) در اصفهان دیدیم
We saw him/her in Isfahan.
شما در بیروت منو دیدین
You saw me in Beirut
ما شمارو (شما را) در شیراز دیدیم
We saw you in Shiraz
عباس ایشونو (ایشون را) در طرابلس دید
Abbas saw him/her in Tripoli

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