Breakdown of امروز وزیر از آنان استقبال میکند.
آنانânân
those people
امروزemruz
today
ازaz
from
وزیرvazir
minister
Questions & Answers about امروز وزیر از آنان استقبال میکند.
What is the difference between ânân and ânhâ?
ânân is a formal, written alternative to ânhâ that is only used for people ("those people"). You will frequently encounter it in news broadcasts, literature, and formal contexts like this sentence about a minister. In everyday spoken Farsi, you would just use ânhâ (or its spoken form unâ).
Why is the word az (from) placed before ânân?
In Farsi, the compound verb for "to welcome" is استقبال کردن (esteqbâl kardan). This specific verb always takes the preposition از (az) before the person or group being welcomed. Literally, Farsi phrases this as doing a welcoming from someone.
Since ânân means "those people" (plural), why doesn't the verb end in the plural -and?
The verb ending must agree with the subject doing the action, not the object. The subject here is وزیر (vazir - the minister), which is singular, so the verb is میکند (mikonad). آنان (ânân) is just the object receiving the welcome.
Could I use inân instead of ânân in this sentence?
Yes! If the people being welcomed were conceptually or physically closer ("these people"), you would use اینان (inân). Since the sentence uses آنان (ânân), it specifically means "those people."