What it means
عصبانی شدن (asabâni shodan) means “to get angry, to become upset.” It is a compound verb: عصبانی (asabâni, angry) plus شدن (shodan, to become). Intransitive, A2 vocabulary in the emotion cluster.
How to use it
- عصبانی شدم (asabâni shodam) “I got angry”
- چرا عصبانی میشوی؟ (cherâ asabâni mishavi?) “Why are you getting angry?”
- پدرم عصبانی شد (pedaram asabâni shod) “My father got angry”
- عصبانی نشو (asabâni nasho) “Don’t get angry”
Compound structure
The compound has two parts. عصبانی (asabâni) is an adjective, an Arabic loan from عصب (asab, nerve), so literally “nervy.” شدن (shodan) is the light verb “to become.” Together they form an intransitive change-of-state verb: the subject becomes angry, no direct object needed.
- Present 1sg: عصبانی میشوم (asabâni mishavam, spoken: asabâni misham)
- Past 1sg: عصبانی شدم (asabâni shodam)
- Subjunctive 1sg: عصبانی بشوم (asabâni beshavam)
- Causative pair: عصبانی کردن (asabâni kardan, to make someone angry, transitive)
Cultural note
Iranians distinguish asabâni (angry, agitated) from ناراحت (upset, hurt). Asabâni is hot and outward, fists and raised voices. Nârâhat is inward, a sad sting. A Tehrani parent might warn a child “bâbâ asabâni mishe!” (dad will get angry!) as a louder threat than “bâbâ nârâhat mishe.”
References
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