Questions & Answers about پدران و مادران اینجا هستند.
Why do "father" and "mother" end in -ân (ان) instead of the usual plural -hâ (ها)?
In Farsi, -ân is a special plural ending used for people and living things (animate nouns). While you can legally use -hâ for almost anything, using -ân for people like pedar (father) and mâdar (mother) is extremely common in writing and sounds a bit more polite and respectful.
Do I need to use the -gân or -yân variations of the plural ending for these words?
Not for these! Because pedar (پدر) and mâdar (مادر) end in a consonant, you just add the basic -ân (ان) directly to the end. The variations -gân and -yân act as bridge letters and are only needed when a word ends in a vowel.
How does the word for "here", injâ (اینجا), break down?
It is made up of two smaller words you likely already know: in (این) which means "this", and jâ (جا) which means "place". Put them together, and "this place" becomes the Farsi word for "here".
Why is hastand (هستند) at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi sentences follow a Subject-Object-Verb order, meaning the verb almost always goes at the very end. hastand is the "they" form of the verb "to be" (are), which perfectly matches our plural subject of the fathers and mothers.