Word
ما آنان را به همایش بینالمللی دعوت میکنیم.
Meaning
We invite those people to the international conference.
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Breakdown of ما آنان را به همایش بینالمللی دعوت میکنیم.
ما
we
آنانânân
those people
بهbe
to
راrâ
definite direct object marker
Questions & Answers about ما آنان را به همایش بینالمللی دعوت میکنیم.
What is the difference between using آنان here instead of the more common آنها?
آنان is a formal demonstrative pronoun that is only used for people or animate nouns. If you used آنها, it would still mean 'them' or 'those people,' but آنها can also be used for objects and is much more common in everyday casual speech. You will see آنان mainly in formal writing, news, or professional contexts like this conference.
Why does the object marker را come right after آنان instead of closer to the verb?
The word را must immediately follow the specific direct object it marks. Here, آنان (those people) is the direct object receiving the action of the verb دعوت میکنیم (we invite). In standard Farsi sentence structure, the direct object and its را usually come before prepositional phrases like به همایش بینالمللی (to the international conference).
The word بینالمللی looks complex. How is this adjective built?
It is built from Arabic components commonly used in formal Farsi. بین means 'between' or 'among,' and الملل means 'the nations.' The ی at the end turns the phrase into an adjective. So, it literally translates to 'between the nations' or 'international.' It connects to the noun همایش (conference) with an unseen ezafe vowel.
Since دعوت میکنیم is a compound verb, can the destination be placed between its two parts?