Breakdown of برادر من اینجا زندگی میکند و هر روز ورزش میکند.
من
I
و
and
اینجاinjâ
here
برادرbarâdar
brother
هرhar
every
روزruz
day
زندگی کردنzendegi kardan
to live
ورزش کردنvarzesh kardan
to exercise
Questions & Answers about برادر من اینجا زندگی میکند و هر روز ورزش میکند.
What are the compound verbs in this sentence and how are they formed?
Farsi often creates verbs by combining a noun with a helper verb. In this sentence, we have two: زندگی میکند (lives) and ورزش میکند (exercises). They are made from the nouns زندگی (life) and ورزش (sports/exercise) combined with میکند, which is the present tense "he/she does" form of the helper verb کردن (to do). So literally, your brother "does life" and "does exercise"!
Why does the prefix می come in the middle of the phrases زندگی میکند and ورزش میکند?
Because these are compound verbs, the present tense prefix می (mi) attaches to the helper verb, not the noun. In the present indicative, you leave the noun alone and conjugate only the helper verb. So the structure is always: noun + می + present stem + personal ending.
How is "my brother" formed in the phrase برادر من?
Farsi uses a hidden linking vowel called the ezāfe to show possession. برادر means "brother" and من means "I" or "me". To say "my brother", you link them with an "e" sound when speaking: برادرِ من (barādar-e man). This little vowel acts like "of", so you are literally saying "brother of me".
Do I need to use the word for "he" before the second verb ورزش میکند?
No, you don't need to repeat the subject. Because the verb ending ـد (-ad) already clearly tells us the subject is a third-person singular (he/she/it), Farsi allows you to completely drop the subject pronoun.
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