Breakdown of آیا آنها از ماساژ آرامبخش خوششان میآید؟
آنها
they
آیاâyâ
whether (question particle)
ازaz
from
خوش آمدنkhosh âmadan
to like / to be pleasing (used with 'az' and pronominal enclitics)
ماساژmâsâzh
massage
آرامبخشârâm-bakhsh
relaxing
Questions & Answers about آیا آنها از ماساژ آرامبخش خوششان میآید؟
Why is the verb میآید in the third-person singular when the subject is "they"?
This is a psychological or "experiencer" verb. In Farsi, you don't literally say "They like." Instead, the phrase خوششان میآید translates closer to "Goodness comes to them." Because the literal grammatical subject is the concept of "goodness" (خوش), the verb میآید stays in the third-person singular (it comes). The person experiencing the feeling is shown by the pronoun ending attached to خوش, which here is ـشان (their).
Why do we use the preposition از (from) before the massage?
The verb phrase خوش آمدن (to like) requires the preposition از to introduce the thing being liked. If you look at the literal translation of the idiom—"Goodness comes to them from the relaxing massage"—using از makes perfect logical sense!
Since خوششان already includes the pronoun ending for "they", why is آنها also at the beginning of the sentence?
You are right that ـشان is enough to show who is doing the liking. Adding the independent pronoun آنها at the beginning is optional. It is often used for emphasis, clarity, or just to balance the sentence, especially in formal questions starting with آیا. You could drop آنها and the sentence would still mean the exact same thing.
How is the adjective آرامبخش (relaxing) formed?
It is a compound word made of two parts. آرام means calm or quiet, and بخش is the present stem of بخشیدن (to give, bestow, or forgive). So, آرامبخش literally means calm-giving or peace-bestowing, which gives us the word for relaxing.
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