Breakdown of اینان با همتایان بینالمللی خود ملاقات میکنند.
اینانinân
these people
باbâ
with
ملاقات کردنmolâqât kardan
to meet
خودkhod
self
همتاhamtâ
counterpart
بینالمللیbeynolmelali
international
Questions & Answers about اینان با همتایان بینالمللی خود ملاقات میکنند.
Why use اینان instead of اینها for these people?
اینان is a formal, plural demonstrative pronoun used exclusively for people (animate nouns). While اینها is very common and can refer to both people and things, اینان elevates the tone, which perfectly matches the formal context of an international meeting.
Why does the word for counterparts end in یان (همتایان) instead of the regular plural ها?
همتا (counterpart) refers to a person. In formal Farsi, words for people that end in a long vowel often take the suffix یان to form the plural instead of ان. You might hear همتاها in casual speech, but همتایان fits the professional tone of this sentence much better.
Why does the sentence use خود for their instead of the suffix شان?
In Farsi, when the owner of the object is the exact same as the subject of the sentence, you must use the reflexive pronoun خود. Because the subjects are meeting their own counterparts, using خود is grammatically required here instead of the standard possessive ending.
How do you pronounce بینالمللی and where does the ol sound come from?
It is pronounced beyn-ol-melali. It is an Arabic borrowing meaning international. The ol sound comes from the Arabic definite article that connects the two parts of the word. You have to memorize this specific pronunciation because the vowel sounds are not fully written out in standard Farsi script.
Why is the preposition با used instead of a direct object marker?
The compound verb ملاقات کردن (to meet) does not take a direct object with را. Instead, it requires the preposition با (with) to introduce who is being met. You are literally saying that they make a meeting with their counterparts.
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