How say 'hold'?
I want to say 'hold your breath'. Is hold in this case 'negah bedar' or is that a different kind of hold as in holding a book? Would the sentence 'hold your breath' be 'nafasat negah bedar'?

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How say 'hold'?
I want to say 'hold your breath'. Is hold in this case 'negah bedar' or is that a different kind of hold as in holding a book? Would the sentence 'hold your breath' be 'nafasat negah bedar'?

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" nafaset ro negah dar " and " nafaseto negah dar" are correct. Some people also say " nafaset ro habs kon " . this is correct too.

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nafaseto negah dar .

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in imperative form , you must remove ب . nafaset negah bedar is understandable but not correct. you have forgotten to add را , which make your sentence very formal  , and it's only used in books. bedar , is also literary . but if you wanna speak like a normal farsi speaker , you must say , nafaseto negah dar .
نفست را نگه دار 
نفستو نگه دار