Breakdown of شما هر هفته به خانهی مادرتان میروید.
شما
you (plural)
خانه
house
مادرmâdar
mother
بهbe
to
رفتنraftan
to go
هرhar
every
هفتهhafte
week
Questions & Answers about شما هر هفته به خانهی مادرتان میروید.
How is the verb میروید constructed in this sentence?
This is the present tense of the verb to go (رفتن). It follows the exact pattern you are learning: the prefix می (mi-) + the present stem رو (rav) + the ending ید (-id) matching شما (you, formal/plural). Notice how the present stem (رو) looks completely different from its infinitive (رفتن)!
Why is there an extra letter ی at the end of خانه?
That is the Ezāfe linking house to mother (the house of your mother). Because خانه (khāne) ends in an e vowel sound (written with the letter ه), we cannot just add another short e sound to link the words. We have to use a bridge, which is the letter ی (y), pronounced here as -ye. Together, it is pronounced khāne-ye.
We already have شما (you) at the beginning. How does مادرتان mean your mother?
Farsi has two ways to show possession. You could use the Ezāfe, like مادر شما (mādar-e shomā). However, it is extremely common to use possessive suffixes attached to the end of the noun instead. The suffix for your (formal or plural) is تان (-etān), making مادرتان (mādar-etān). Either way is perfectly correct!
What is the rule for the word order in this sentence?
In Farsi, the standard word order is Subject + Time + Place + Verb. Here we have the subject (شما), then the time phrase (هر هفته meaning every week), then the destination (به خانهی مادرتان meaning to your mother's house). As always, the verb (میروید) sits firmly at the very end.
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