Breakdown of از معلم تشکر میکنیم.
معلمmo'allem
teacher
ازaz
from
تشکر کردنtashakkor kardan
to thank (formally)
Questions & Answers about از معلم تشکر میکنیم.
Why is there an از (from) before the teacher? We don't say "thank from" in English.
In Farsi, the verb for thanking (تشکر کردن) requires the preposition از (from) to connect it to the person you are thanking. So literally, this sentence translates to "We do thanks from the teacher." Learning which preposition goes with which verb is an important part of learning Farsi.
How does the verb تشکر میکنیم work?
It is a compound verb, which is a very common structure in Farsi. Instead of having a single word for "to thank," Farsi combines the noun تشکر (thanks or thanking) with the "to do" verb, کردن. The word میکنیم is the present tense "we" form of that verb, so the phrase literally means "we do thanks."
Where is the word for "we" (ما) in this sentence?
It is built right into the verb! The suffix -یم at the end of میکنیم tells us the subject is "we." Because the verb ending already makes the subject clear, Farsi speakers usually drop the pronoun ما (we) unless they want to add extra emphasis.
Why is the verb placed at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi follows a Subject-Object-Verb word order. Since the subject "we" is hidden in the verb ending, the sentence starts with the object phrase از معلم (the teacher) and finishes with the verb تشکر میکنیم (we thank). In Farsi, verbs almost always go at the end of the sentence.
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