Learn Farsi: ما سختی این کار را برای آزادی پذیرفتیم. - We accepted the difficulty of this job for freedom.

Both are abstract nouns created by adding the suffix -i to an adjective. Taking the adjective sakht (hard/difficult) and adding -i gives us sakhti (difficulty). Similarly, âzâd (free) becomes âzâdi (freedom).

How do you pronounce the link between 'difficulty' and 'this job'?

You need an ezafe to connect them, which works like the 'of' in 'difficulty of this job'. Because sakhti ends in an -i vowel, the ezafe is pronounced with a 'y' sound to bridge the gap: sakhti-ye in kâr. In modern Persian writing, this extra sound usually isn't written out with an additional letter.

Why does the direct object marker râ come after kâr instead of right after sakhti?

The word râ must mark the entire specific direct object. Here, the object we accepted isn't just 'difficulty', it is the whole phrase 'the difficulty of this job' (sakhti-ye in kâr). Therefore, râ is placed at the very end of that complete phrase.

What is the infinitive of the verb paziroftim?

It comes from the infinitive paziroftan (to accept). The past stem is paziroft, and we add the first-person plural ending -im to get (we accepted). Note that in casual conversation, you will also frequently hear the compound verb used for 'to accept'.