Learn Farsi: پدربزرگ همیشه برای من یک اسباب‌بازی جدید می‌خرید. - Grandfather always used to buy a new toy for me.

In Farsi, the prefix می‌ isn't just for the present tense! When you add می‌ to a simple past tense verb, it creates the Past Continuous tense. The past stem here is خرید (he bought). Adding می‌ makes it می‌خرید, which translates to "he used to buy" or "he was buying." Because the sentence includes همیشه (always), it describes a repeated habit in the past.

Is there an ezâfe connecting "toy" and "new" in یک اسباب‌بازی جدید?

Yes! Just like you learned earlier, adjectives follow the noun they describe and are linked by an invisible ezâfe (an "e" sound). Because the noun اسباب‌بازی (toy) ends in a vowel (the "ee" sound), the ezâfe is pronounced as a "ye" sound to bridge the words smoothly: asbâb-bâzi-ye jadid.

How does the word اسباب‌بازی (toy) break down?

It is a compound word made of two very useful vocabulary words: اسباب means "tools," "goods," or "stuff," and بازی means "play" or "game." Put together, "play-stuff" or "tools of play" becomes the word for "toy."

Where should I place adverbs like همیشه (always) in a sentence like this?

Adverbs of time and frequency like همیشه usually come early in the sentence, right after the subject (پدربزرگ) and before prepositional phrases like برای من (for me). You shouldn't put it at the very end of the sentence, because in Farsi, the verb () must take that final spot.