Breakdown of ما این پروژه را با کاشت یک نهال شروع میکنیم.
ما
we
این
this
پروژهporozhe
project
یکyek
one / a, an
Questions & Answers about ما این پروژه را با کاشت یک نهال شروع میکنیم.
The lesson is about verbs of continuation, but here we have a verb of starting. Does شروع کردن (to start) use the same structure?
Yes! Verbs of starting, continuing, and finishing are all phasal verbs and behave similarly. Just as you use ادامه دادن به (to continue with) plus a noun or infinitive, you use شروع کردن با (to start with) plus a noun or infinitive. Here, the sentence uses the verbal noun کاشت (planting) after the preposition با (with).
Why is کاشت (planting) used here instead of the full infinitive کاشتن (to plant)?
In Farsi, the short infinitive (which is identical to the past stem) is frequently used as a verbal noun. Here, کاشت acts just like the English gerund 'planting'. While با کاشتن یک نهال (with planting a sapling) is grammatically possible, using the noun form کاشت sounds much more natural and professional for a project description.
Why is there an implied Ezafe between کاشت and یک نهال?
Because کاشت functions as a noun here ('the planting'), it requires an Ezafe to connect to what is being planted ('a sapling'). It literally translates to 'the planting OF a sapling'. If you had used the full infinitive کاشتن (to plant), it would act more like a verb and take the noun as a direct object without an Ezafe, but verbal nouns always use the Ezafe to link to their targets.
Why does the object marker را appear after این پروژه (this project) rather than at the end of the phrase?
The marker را must immediately follow the specific direct object of the main verb. The action we are doing is starting the project, making the direct object of (we start). The phrase (with the planting of a sapling) is a prepositional modifier describing how we start it, so it sits safely outside the direct object structure.