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او گاهی در شرکت زیاد کار میکند.
Meaning
He sometimes works a lot at the company.
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Questions & Answers about او گاهی در شرکت زیاد کار میکند.
How does the present tense verb kār mikonad (کار میکند) break down in this sentence?
This is a compound verb made from the noun kār (work) and the verb kardan (to do). To make the present tense, we leave kār alone and change kardan. We take its present stem (kon), add the present tense prefix mi- to the front, and add the third-person singular ending -ad to the end (because the subject is u). This gives us kār mi-kon-ad.
Does the pronoun u (او) specifically mean "he"?
No, Farsi pronouns are completely gender-neutral. The word u means "he" or "she". The English translation says "he" here, but without more context from a wider story, this sentence could just as easily mean "she sometimes works a lot at the company".
Why does ziād (زیاد) come right before the verb instead of after it?
Farsi puts the verb (kār mikonad) at the very end of the sentence. Adverbs like ziād (a lot / much) that describe how an action is done usually sit directly in front of the verb they modify.
Why is dar (در) translated as "at" here? I thought it meant "in".
The Farsi preposition dar covers the meaning of both "in" and "at" in English. Farsi doesn't make a strict distinction between being inside a building versus being present at a location. So can mean "in the company" or "at the company"—we just pick whichever sounds most natural in English!