Breakdown of همهی همسایههای شما کجا زندگی میکنند؟
شما
you (plural)
زندگی کردنzendegi kardan
to live
کجاkojâ
where
همهhame
all, everyone
همسایهhamsâye
neighbor
Questions & Answers about همهی همسایههای شما کجا زندگی میکنند؟
Why is there a -ye attached to the end of hame (all)?
When hame (all) is followed by a specific noun, they are connected by the ezafe linking vowel. Because hame ends in an 'e' vowel sound, the link becomes -ye, creating hame-ye to mean 'all of the...'.
Since hame already means 'all', do we still need to make the noun plural with -hā?
Yes. Unlike numbers where the noun stays singular, when you use hame with things you can count (like neighbors), the noun must be plural. That is why it is hamsāye-hā (neighbors) instead of just hamsāye.
Why are there two -ye connections in hame-ye hamsāye-hā-ye shomā?
This forms an ezafe chain linking three pieces of information together. The first -ye connects 'all' to 'neighbors'. The second -ye connects 'neighbors' to 'you' (shomā) to show possession ('your'). Because hame and hamsāye-hā both end in vowels, they both use -ye instead of just -e.
Why does the verb mikonand end in -and (they do) instead of -id (you do) since the word shomā (you) is in the sentence?
The verb always matches the main subject. Here, the subject is the neighbors, not you. The word shomā is just describing whose neighbors they are. Since 'neighbors' is a plural noun referring to people, the verb takes the third-person plural ending -and.
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