Questions & Answers about در این پروژه سه همکار دارم.
Why is hamkār (colleague) singular here even though we are talking about three of them?
Just like the question word chand (how many) always takes a singular noun, numbers greater than one also take a singular noun in Farsi. So instead of pluralizing the noun, Farsi literally says three colleague (se hamkār).
Why does the sentence start with dar in prozhe (in this project)?
In Farsi, phrases that show time or place usually come at or near the beginning of the sentence. The main verb, like dāram (I have), almost always goes at the very end.
The translation says 'I have', but there is no word for 'I' in the Farsi sentence. Where did it go?
You do not need to use the pronoun man (I) because the verb ending already tells us who is doing the action. The -am at the end of dāram specifically means 'I have'.
What is the literal meaning of the word hamkār?
It is made by joining ham (meaning together or same) and kār (meaning work). You will see ham used as a prefix in many other Farsi words to mean 'co-' or 'fellow'.
The word prozhe sounds very similar to 'project'. Is it a loanword?
Yes! Farsi has borrowed many modern words from French, which is why prozhe sounds just like the French and English word for project.