Word
دو مهندس سیستم را چک میکنن.
Meaning
Two engineers are checking the system.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of دو مهندس سیستم را چک میکنن.
دوdo
two
راrâ
definite direct object marker
چک کردنchek kardan
to check
مهندسmohandes
engineer
Questions & Answers about دو مهندس سیستم را چک میکنن.
Why is the verb میکنن instead of میکنند?
This is the colloquial Tehrani pronunciation. In everyday spoken Farsi, the formal 3rd-person plural ending -اند (-and) drops the final 'd' sound and becomes just -ن (-an). So, میکنند (mikonand) becomes میکنن (mikonan).
Why is مهندس (engineer) in the singular form if there are two of them?
In Farsi, whenever you use a number before a noun, the noun always stays in its singular form. You literally say 'two engineer' (دو مهندس) instead of 'two engineers'.
If مهندس is singular here, why is the verb plural (میکنن)?
The verb matches the actual meaning of the subject. Even though the word مهندس doesn't take a plural suffix after a number, the phrase دو مهندس logically refers to multiple people, so the verb takes the plural 'they' form.
What role is را playing after سیستم?
را is the specific direct object marker. It shows that they are checking 'the' system (a specific one we already know about), rather than just 'a system'. Note that in colloquial speech, this word is usually pronounced as رو (ro).