Question 1

Why does the verb end in می‌آید (he/she/it comes) if the sentence is about what I like?

Accepted Answer

In Farsi, 'to like' (خوش آمدن) is an experiencer (or psychological) verb. Grammatically, you aren't doing the liking; rather, a pleasant feeling 'comes' to you. The literal translation is 'My pleasantness comes.' Because the grammatical subject is the feeling itself, the verb is always in the 3rd-person singular (می‌آید). The person who experiences the feeling is shown by the pronoun ending attached to خوش—in this case, ـَم for 'my'.

Question 2

Why do we use the preposition از (from) in this sentence?

Accepted Answer

The compound verb خوش آمدن always requires the preposition از to introduce the thing that you like. If you remember the literal translation of the verb, it makes perfect sense: 'My pleasantness comes from back and neck massages.'

Question 3

If the ـَم on خوشم already means 'I', why do we start the sentence with من?

Accepted Answer

You are right that the enclitic ـَم is completely enough to show who is experiencing the feeling. However, adding من at the beginning is very common in everyday Farsi to set the topic of the sentence. You can think of it as saying, 'As for me, I really like...' It just adds a little emphasis.

Question 4

Where exactly does the ezafe vowel go in the phrase ماساژ کمر و گردن?

Accepted Answer

The ezafe (the invisible 'e' sound meaning 'of') only attaches to the first word, ماساژ, to link the massage to the whole category of 'back and neck'. You pronounce it as ماساژِ کمر و گردن (māsāzh-e kamar va gardan). You do not put an ezafe on کمر because the word و (and) connects the two body parts directly together as a single group.

من از ماساژ کمر و گردن خیلی خوشم می‌آید.

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