این پازل چالش‌برانگیز را ما فردا شروع می‌کنیم.

From Lesson 420:Object topicalization·Farsi

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Why is این پازل چالش‌برانگیز را at the very beginning instead of the subject ما?
This is an example of Object-Subject-Verb (OSV) fronting. By moving the definite direct object and its marker را to the front, we make 'This challenging puzzle' the main topic of the sentence. In standard SOV word order, it would be ما این پازل چالش‌برانگیز را فردا شروع می‌کنیم.
How is the adjective چالش‌برانگیز formed?
It is a compound adjective. چالش means 'challenge', and برانگیز is the present stem of the verb برانگیختن (to provoke or arouse). Put together, it literally means 'challenge-provoking', which we translate as 'challenging'.
Why is the present tense verb شروع می‌کنیم used if the action happens tomorrow (فردا)?
Just like in English ('We start tomorrow' or 'We are starting tomorrow'), Farsi frequently uses the simple present tense for planned future events. The time word فردا (tomorrow) already makes the timeframe perfectly clear, so the formal future tense is not needed here.
Do we really need the pronoun ما here since the verb already ends in -یم?
Grammatically, no. The verb ending in شروع می‌کنیم already tells us the subject is 'we'. However, when a long object is fronted to the beginning of the sentence for emphasis, speakers often include the explicit subject pronoun right after it. This helps balance the sentence and signals clearly where the subject block begins.

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