اگر شما کمک کنید، داوطلبان دیگر نیز آذوقه جمع‌آوری می‌کنند.

From Lesson 370:Formal also (niz)·Farsi

Questions & Answers about اگر شما کمک کنید، داوطلبان دیگر نیز آذوقه جمع‌آوری می‌کنند.

Where exactly should I place نیز in a sentence like this?
نیز usually comes immediately after the word or phrase it is adding to or emphasizing. Here, it follows داوطلبان دیگر because the sentence means the other volunteers will also act (in addition to you). This makes its placement much stricter than the English word 'also,' which can often float around the verb.
Can I just use هم instead of نیز in this sentence?
Grammatically, yes. هم and نیز both mean 'also' or 'too.' However, نیز is more formal and is mostly used in writing, news, or formal speech. In an everyday conversation, a Persian speaker would almost certainly say داوطلبان دیگر هم.
Why is کمک کنید in the subjunctive but می‌کنند in the present indicative?
This is the standard pattern for a real, possible condition in Farsi. The 'if' clause (اگر شما کمک کنید) uses the subjunctive to show that your help is a possibility, not yet a fact. The result clause (جمع‌آوری می‌کنند) uses the present indicative to state what will definitely happen as a result of that condition.
Why use the compound verb جمع‌آوری کردن instead of the simpler جمع کردن?
While جمع کردن means 'to gather' or 'to collect' in a general sense, جمع‌آوری کردن specifically implies an organized, systematic collection. It is the perfect, more formal word to use when volunteers are running a drive or collecting specific resources like آذوقه (provisions).

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