Breakdown of ما خودمان این مقاله را مینویسیم.
ما
we
این
this
نوشتنneveshtan
to write
راrâ
definite direct object marker
Questions & Answers about ما خودمان این مقاله را مینویسیم.
Why does the word for "ourselves" have the ending -eman attached to khod?
When khod (self) is used to emphasize a subject, it takes a personal suffix that matches that subject. Since the subject here is ma (we), we add the first-person plural ending -eman to make khodeman (ourselves).
In English, "ourselves" goes at the end of the sentence. Why is khodeman right at the beginning here?
In Farsi, an emphatic pronoun usually sits right next to the word it emphasizes. Because khodeman is emphasizing the subject ma (we), it immediately follows it at the start of the sentence, rather than waiting until the end.
Could we drop the word ma entirely and just start with khodeman?
Yes, absolutely! Because the emphatic pronoun khodeman already tells us who is doing the action, and the verb mi-nevisim also ends in the "we" suffix (-im), the original subject pronoun ma is optional. Saying khodeman in maghaleh ra mi-nevisim is very natural.
I remember ra is an object marker, but why is it placed after maghaleh instead of right after in?
The word ra follows the whole group of words that makes up the specific direct object. The direct object here isn't just "this," it's "this article" (in maghaleh). Therefore, ra comes right after the complete phrase to show exactly what is being written.