Learn Farsi: پدرم غذا می‌خورد.

In Farsi, the standard word order is Subject-Object-Verb (SOV). Here, the subject پدرم (my father) comes first, the object غذا (food) is in the middle, and the verb می‌خورد (eats) goes at the very end. This is the opposite of English, which puts the verb before the object!

I see the word for "father" is پدر, but where is the word for "my"?

In Farsi, possession is usually shown by attaching a short ending (a suffix) directly to the noun. The ـَم (am) attached to the end of پدر means "my". So, پدرم translates to "my father".

What is the purpose of the می at the beginning of the verb می‌خورد?

The prefix می (mi) is added to present tense verbs to show that an action is either happening right now ("is eating") or is a regular habit ("eats"). Farsi usually uses this exact same form for both!

Why does the verb end with ـَد (ad)?

The ending ـَد is the present tense verb suffix for "he", "she", or "it". Because the subject doing the eating is پدرم (my father, which is "he"), the verb must end in ـَد to match.