برادرم الان دارد با کامپیوتر کار میکند.

In Farsi, possession is very often shown by adding a suffix to the noun instead of using a separate word like my.

• برادر = brother
• -م = my

So:

• برادرم = my brother

This -م ending is very common:

• کتابم = my book
• دوستم = my friend
• خانهم = my house

So in this sentence, برادرم is a compact way of saying my brother.

الان means now / right now.

In this sentence:

• برادرم الان دارد با کامپیوتر کار میکند.
• My brother is working with a computer / on the computer now.

Farsi is fairly flexible with adverbs like الان, but it often appears before the verb phrase, as it does here.

Possible placements include:

• برادرم الان دارد با کامپیوتر کار می‌کند.
• الان برادرم دارد با کامپیوتر کار می‌کند.

Both are natural, though the emphasis can shift slightly depending on placement.

This is the present progressive structure, used for an action happening right now.

The pattern is:

• داشتن in the present tense + main verb

Here:

• دارد = is having / is
• کار می‌کند = works / is working

Together:

• دارد کار می‌کند = is working

So the sentence literally feels something like:

• My brother now is doing work with a computer

but natural English is:

• My brother is working on the computer now.

In everyday modern Farsi, this دار + present verb structure is a common way to emphasize that the action is in progress right now.

Yes. You can also say:

• برادرم الان با کامپیوتر کار می‌کند.

This can still mean My brother is working with/on the computer now, especially because الان already makes the time clear.

The difference is mainly one of explicitness:

• دارد ... می‌کند = more clearly emphasizes an ongoing action
• می‌کند alone = simple present, but often also understood as present ongoing from context

So both are possible, but دارد makes the right now / in progress meaning more obvious.

Yes, literally it is built from:

• کار = work
• می‌کند = does

So کار می‌کند literally looks like does work, but idiomatically it means:

• works
• is working

This is a very common pattern in Farsi, where a noun combines with کردن (to do) to make a verb expression.

Examples:

• کار کردن = to work
• تمرین کردن = to practice
• فکر کردن = to think

So کار می‌کند should be learned as a normal verb phrase meaning works / is working.

Yes, با usually means with, but in sentences like this it often marks the tool or instrument used to do something.

So:

• با کامپیوتر = with a computer / using a computer / on the computer

In natural English, depending on context, you might translate it as:

• with a computer
• using a computer
• on the computer

Other examples:

• با قلم می‌نویسد. = He writes with a pen.
• با تلفن حرف می‌زند. = She is talking on the phone / with the phone.

So here با introduces the means by which the work is being done.

Farsi often does not require an article where English does.

So کامپیوتر by itself can mean:

• computer
• a computer
• the computer

The exact meaning depends on context.

In this sentence, با کامپیوتر could be understood as:

• with a computer
• with the computer
• on the computer

If Farsi wants to make indefinite meaning clearer, it can use یک:

• با یک کامپیوتر = with a computer

But in many ordinary sentences, leaving it as just کامپیوتر is completely natural.

Farsi is generally a verb-final language. Its basic word order is often described as:

• Subject + other information + Verb

In this sentence:

• برادرم = my brother
• الان = now
• با کامپیوتر = with a computer / on the computer
• کار می‌کند = works / is working

So the whole sentence follows a normal Farsi pattern:

• My brother + now + with a computer + is working

This is one of the biggest differences from English, where the main verb usually appears earlier.

In careful modern spelling, it is usually written as:

• می‌کند

with a half-space between می and کند.

So the fully standard version of the sentence is:

• برادرم الان دارد با کامپیوتر کار می‌کند.

However, many learners will also see:

• میکند
• می کند

These are common in informal typing or less careful writing, but می‌کند is the preferred standard form.

The same applies to many verbs with می:

• می‌رود
• می‌نویسد
• می‌خواند

A careful pronunciation would be approximately:

• barâdaram al-ân dârad bâ kâmpyuter kâr mikonad

A more natural colloquial pronunciation is often closer to:

• barâdaram alân dâre bâ kâmpyuter kâr mikone

A few notes:

• برادرم = barâdaram
• الان is often pronounced alân
• دارد in everyday speech often becomes داره (dâre)
• می‌کند in everyday speech often sounds like می‌کنه (mikone)

So in conversation, you are very likely to hear something like:

• برادرم الان داره با کامپیوتر کار می‌کنه.

The sentence you were given is in a more standard written style:

• برادرم الان دارد با کامپیوتر کار می‌کند.

In everyday spoken Persian, many speakers would say:

• برادرم الان داره با کامپیوتر کار می‌کنه.

The differences are:

• دارد → داره
• می‌کند → می‌کنه

This kind of change is extremely common in spoken Persian. A learner should recognize both forms:

• written/formal: دارد ... می‌کند
• spoken/colloquial: داره ... می‌کنه

They mean the same thing.

را marks a definite direct object in Farsi. But this sentence does not have a direct object.

Here:

• برادرم = subject
• با کامپیوتر = prepositional phrase
• کار می‌کند = verb phrase

Since کامپیوتر comes after the preposition با, it is not a direct object, so را is not used.

Compare:

• کتاب را می‌خواند. = He reads the book.
  Here کتاب is a direct object, so را can appear.

But:

• با کتاب کار می‌کند. = He works with the book.
  Here کتاب follows با, so there is no را.

Yes, very often that is the most natural English translation.

Although با literally means with, the phrase:

• با کامپیوتر کار کردن

is commonly used for working using a computer, which in English is often best expressed as:

• work on the computer

So depending on context, all of these may be reasonable:

• My brother is working with a computer now.
• My brother is using a computer now.
• My brother is working on the computer now.

If the meaning has already been given to the learner, the main grammar point is that با introduces the instrument or means.

Yes, to some extent. Farsi word order is flexible, especially with time expressions and prepositional phrases, though the verb usually stays at the end.

For example:

• برادرم الان دارد با کامپیوتر کار می‌کند.
• الان برادرم دارد با کامپیوتر کار می‌کند.
• برادرم با کامپیوتر الان کار می‌کند.

These are all possible, but they do not sound equally neutral. The original order is very natural and straightforward.

The safest pattern for learners is:

• Subject + time expression + other phrases + verb

which is exactly what this sentence does.