Breakdown of وقتی آن رایحهی مردانه را بوییدم، از آن خوشم آمد.
آن
that
ازaz
from
راrâ
definite direct object marker
وقتیvaqti
when
Questions & Answers about وقتی آن رایحهی مردانه را بوییدم، از آن خوشم آمد.
Why does the sentence use آمد (it came) instead of a verb ending in "I" for "I liked it"?
This is an impersonal verb structure. In Farsi, you don't say "I like it" directly. Instead, you phrase it as "my pleasure came from it." The verb آمد (it came) stays in the 3rd person singular because its grammatical subject is the "pleasure" (خوش), not "I".
Where is the "I" in از آن خوشم آمد?
The "I" is shown by the ـم (-am) attached to خوش (khosh), making خوشم (khosh-am). Literally, this means "my pleasure." If you wanted to say "he liked it," you would change this ending to خوشش (khosh-ash) for "his/her pleasure," but the verb آمد would stay exactly the same.
Why is there an extra ی attached to the end of رایحهی (scent)?
The word for scent is رایحه (râyehe), which ends in a silent "h" (sounding like "e"). To connect it to the adjective مردانه (masculine) using the ezâfe (the "of" connecting sound), you need to add a "ye" sound. In writing, this is often shown by adding the letter ی to bridge the silent "h" and the next word.
Why does the object marker را come after مردانه (masculine) instead of right after the noun رایحه (scent)?
The word را (râ) marks the entire specific object of the verb بوییدم (I smelled). Because "that masculine scent" (آن رایحهی مردانه) is a single noun phrase held together by ezâfe, the must go at the very end of the whole phrase, not in the middle.