پدرم همیشه قبل از کار صبحانه میخورد.

پدر means father. The ending -م is a possessive suffix meaning my.

So:

• پدر = father
• پدرم = my father

This is one of the most common ways to show possession in Persian. A native English speaker may expect a separate word like my, but Persian very often attaches possession directly to the noun.

In pronunciation, پدرم is usually pedaram. That extra short vowel is heard in speech but normally not written.

It can, but the attached suffix is usually more natural.

Compare:

• پدرم = my father
• پدرِ من = my father

Both are correct, but پدرم is the normal, compact everyday form.
پدرِ من is more likely when you want emphasis, contrast, or a fuller style.

قبل از is a very common prepositional expression meaning before.

Breakdown:

• قبل = before / earlier
• از = from

Together, قبل از functions as a unit: before.

So:

• قبل از کار = before work / before going to work

A learner may want to translate word-for-word, but it is best to learn قبل از as a set phrase.

Persian does not have a normal definite article like English the.

So کار can mean:

• work
• the work
• one's job

The exact meaning depends on context.

In this sentence, قبل از کار naturally means before work or before going to work. Persian often leaves this kind of noun bare, where English may or may not use an article.

Because صبحانه here is a general, non-specific object.

را usually marks a specific direct object. In this sentence, صبحانه means breakfast as a routine activity, not a particular, clearly identified breakfast.

So:

• صبحانه می‌خورد = he eats breakfast
• صبحانه را می‌خورد = he eats the breakfast / that breakfast

The version without را is the natural choice for general habits.

Because Persian normally uses Subject–Object–Verb order.

In this sentence:

• پدرم = subject
• همیشه = adverb
• قبل از کار = prepositional phrase
• صبحانه = object
• می‌خورد = verb

So the verb comes last, which is very normal in Persian.

English often puts the verb much earlier, so this is one of the main word-order differences learners notice.

Yes, Persian has some flexibility, but this position is very natural.

Here, همیشه comes after the subject and before the rest of the verb phrase:

• پدرم همیشه قبل از کار صبحانه می‌خورد

That is a common neutral order for adverbs like always.

You may also hear slightly different arrangements, depending on focus or style, but the given sentence sounds very normal and straightforward.

In standard writing, it is usually written می‌خورد with a half-space (called نیم‌فاصله) between می and the verb.

So:

• standard: می‌خورد
• informal typing: میخورد

If this sentence is meant as a present habitual sentence, the pronunciation is:

• mi-khorad

A full pronunciation of the sentence would be roughly:

• pedaram hamishe ghabl az kâr sobhâne mi-khorad

This is a very common source of confusion.

Persian script usually does not write short vowels, so different forms can look identical in writing.

The spelling می‌خورد can represent two different pronunciations:

• mi-khorad = eats / is eating
• mi-khord = was eating / used to eat

Why? Because the written letters are the same, but the missing short vowels are different.

So a learner has to use:

• context
• the meaning already given
• sometimes spoken pronunciation

to know which form is intended.

Not as a separate word. The subject is already stated as پدرم (my father), so Persian does not need to add another pronoun.

In Persian, once the subject is clear, separate subject pronouns are often unnecessary.

So this sentence does not need a word for he because پدرم already does that job.