Word
روانشناسا خودشون به این کتابا تکیه میکنن.
Meaning
The psychologists themselves rely on these books.
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Questions & Answers about روانشناسا خودشون به این کتابا تکیه میکنن.
Why is خودشون (khodeshun) used here instead of a normal subject pronoun like آنها (ânhâ)?
In this sentence, خودشون acts as an emphatic pronoun meaning "themselves". Since روانشناسا (the psychologists) is already the subject, adding خودشون directly after it emphasizes that the psychologists themselves rely on these books. It is made of خود (self) plus the spoken third-person plural possessive ending -شون (their).
Why do روانشناسا (ravân-shenâs-â) and کتابا (ketâb-â) end in just -a instead of a regular plural ending?
This sentence is written exactly how Farsi is spoken casually. In everyday spoken Farsi, the standard plural suffix -hâ (ها) is often shortened to just an -â (ا) sound when it comes after a consonant. So, روانشناسها becomes روانشناسا and کتابها becomes کتابا.
Does the verb تکیه کردن (takye kardan) always take the preposition به (be)?
Yes! The compound verb تکیه کردن means "to rely" or "to lean". Just like in English where you rely "on" something, Farsi uses the preposition به (to/on) to introduce what is being relied upon, as seen here with به این کتابا (on these books).
Why is the verb written as میکنن (mikonan) instead of the standard میکنند (mikonand)?