Breakdown of آن دوستان برای موفقیت از یکدیگر حمایت کردند.
آن
that
دوستdust
friend
ازaz
from
برایbarâye
for
یکدیگرyekdigar
each other
موفقیتmovaffaghiyat
success
حمایت کردنhemâyat kardan
to support
Questions & Answers about آن دوستان برای موفقیت از یکدیگر حمایت کردند.
I've learned both همدیگر (hamdigar) and یکدیگر (yekdigar) mean 'each other'. Why is یکدیگر used in this sentence?
Both words mean exactly the same thing. However, یکدیگر is slightly more formal and is mostly used in writing or polite speech. In everyday spoken Farsi, you will hear همدیگر much more often. Both function identically as reciprocal pronouns.
Why is the preposition از (az) placed right before یکدیگر? The English translation does not say 'supported from each other'.
In Farsi, the compound verb for 'to support' is حمایت کردن از (hemaayat kardan az). Farsi verbs often require specific prepositions that do not match English. When you want to state who is being supported (in this case, 'each other'), you must place that required preposition از right before the object pronoun.
'Those friends' is plural, so why is the word for 'those' (آن) in the singular form here?
In Farsi, words like آن (that/those) and این (this/these) never take a plural marker when they are acting as adjectives placed directly before a noun. You only pluralize the noun itself (دوستان). You would only use the plural form آنها if the noun 'friends' was dropped completely.
Could I use دوستها instead of دوستان for 'friends'?
Yes, absolutely! دوستها (doost-ha) uses the standard plural suffix -ها and is perfectly correct, especially in spoken Farsi. The suffix -ان (-aan) seen in دوستان is a specific plural ending for living things or people. It tends to sound a little more formal or literary, which matches the slightly formal tone of یکدیگر used later in the sentence.
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