Word
آیا شما خودتان این تیم را مدیریت میکنید؟
Meaning
Do you manage this team yourselves?
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Breakdown of آیا شما خودتان این تیم را مدیریت میکنید؟
شما
you (plural)
این
this
آیاâyâ
whether (question particle)
راrâ
definite direct object marker
Questions & Answers about آیا شما خودتان این تیم را مدیریت میکنید؟
Why do we use both شما and خودتان in this sentence?
In Farsi, you can use خود (self) to add emphasis, similar to saying "yourself" or "yourselves" in English. Here, شما means "you," and adding خودتان right after it emphasizes that you yourselves manage the team, rather than someone else doing it.
Why does خود have the ending -تان here?
When using خود for emphasis, it needs a suffix that matches the main subject of the sentence. Since the subject is شما (you, plural or formal), we attach the matching possessive suffix -تان to make خودتان (yourselves).
Does خودتان always have to come right after the subject?
When used as an intensifier for the subject pronoun, it almost always comes directly after it (like شما خودتان). Keeping it right next to the subject is the most natural and standard word order for this emphatic use.
Why is the word را placed after این تیم?
The word را marks a specific direct object. Because the sentence refers to a very specific team (این تیم meaning "this team"), we must use را right after it to show that the team is receiving the action of the verb.
How is the verb مدیریت میکنید put together?