Breakdown of او تنیس بازی میکند و من تماشا میکنم.
من
I
او
he/she
و
and
بازی کردنbâzi kardan
to play
تماشا کردنtamâshâ kardan
to watch
تنیسtenis
tennis
Questions & Answers about او تنیس بازی میکند و من تماشا میکنم.
Why do both 'plays' and 'watch' use forms of the verb کردن (to do) here?
Both are compound verbs, which are extremely common in Farsi. بازی کردن literally means 'to do play' (to play), and تماشا کردن means 'to do watch' (to watch). In the present tense, the کردن part conjugates to میکند for 'he' and میکنم for 'I'.
Where does the object تنیس (tennis) go in relation to the compound verb?
Farsi usually follows a Subject-Object-Verb word order. The object تنیس goes before the entire compound verb بازی میکند. You shouldn't split the compound verb itself; the noun part (بازی) and the conjugated verb part (میکند) must stay right next to each other at the end of the clause.
In the second half, 'I watch' is just من تماشا میکنم. Do I need to add a Farsi word for 'it' or 'him' to show what I'm watching?
No, it is perfectly natural in Farsi to leave the object out if it is obvious from the context, just as you can in English. You don't need to explicitly say 'I watch him' (او را تماشا میکنم) if you just mean the general action of watching.
The current lesson is about همدیگر (each other). How would I change the first part of this sentence to say 'We play tennis with each other'?
You would use the preposition با (with) followed by همدیگر (each other). The subject changes to ما (we) and the verb conjugates for 'we', so the sentence becomes: ما با همدیگر تنیس بازی میکنیم.
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