Breakdown of ما امروز یک پروژهی جدید شروع میکنیم.
ما
we
پروژهporozhe
project
امروزemruz
today
جدیدjadid
new
Questions & Answers about ما امروز یک پروژهی جدید شروع میکنیم.
How does the compound verb work in this sentence?
The verb for to start is شروع کردن. It is a compound verb made of the noun شروع (beginning) and the helper verb کردن (to do). In the present tense, only the helper verb changes. To say we start, the helper verb becomes میکنیم, giving us the final present indicative form شروع میکنیم.
Will the two parts of شروع میکنیم always stay right next to each other?
In simple present tense sentences like this one, yes. The non-verb part (شروع) and the conjugated helper verb (میکنیم) sit tightly together at the very end of the sentence.
Why is there an extra letter ی at the end of پروژه (project)?
This is the ezafe rule connecting a noun to its adjective. Because the word پروژه ends in a silent vowel sound, Farsi requires us to add the letter ی (pronounced as a ye sound) to link it smoothly to the adjective جدید (new).
Why does the word for today (امروز) come so early in the sentence?
In Farsi, time words like امروز usually come right after the subject. While in English we might put time at the very end of the sentence, Farsi prefers the order: subject, time, object, verb.