Breakdown of آنها دیروز پروژه را ادامه دادند.
آنها
they
پروژهporozhe
project
راrâ
definite direct object marker
دیروزdirooz
yesterday
Questions & Answers about آنها دیروز پروژه را ادامه دادند.
How do we make the verb ادامه دادند (they continued) in the simple past tense?
This is a compound verb made of ادامه (continuation) and دادند (they gave). To make the simple past, we take the past stem of دادن (to give), which is داد, and add the "they" ending ـند (-and).
What is the word را doing in this sentence?
را is the specific direct object marker. It shows exactly what is receiving the action of the verb. Because they continued "the project" (a specific thing, not just any project), we put را right after پروژه.
Why isn't there a می prefix on the verb?
The می prefix is used for present tense or continuous past tense actions (like "were continuing"). Because this sentence is in the simple past tense (a completed, one-time action), we just use the past stem plus the person ending, with no می prefix.
Could we put the time word دیروز (yesterday) at the end of the sentence like in English?
In Farsi, the verb almost always has to go at the very end, so you cannot put دیروز there. Time words usually go near the beginning, either right after the subject (آنها) or at the very start of the sentence.