ما بعد از کار با هم شام میخوریم.

A natural word-for-word breakdown is:

• ما = we
• بعد از = after
• کار = work
• با هم = together
• شام = dinner
• می‌خوریم / میخوریم = we eat / we are eating

So the whole sentence means:

We eat dinner together after work.

A very literal gloss would be:

We after work together dinner eat.

In Persian, subject pronouns are often optional because the verb ending already shows the person.

• می‌خوریم = we eat

So ما is not strictly necessary. You could say:

بعد از کار با هم شام می‌خوریم

and it would still mean We eat dinner together after work.

Including ما can:

• make the subject extra clear
• add slight emphasis to we
• sound more complete in some contexts

This is similar to how Spanish or Italian can drop subject pronouns.

بعد از is the common way to say after in Persian when it comes before a noun.

• بعد = after / later
• از = from / of / than, depending on context

Together, بعد از functions like after:

• بعد از کار = after work
• بعد از مدرسه = after school
• بعد از شام = after dinner

So even though it is two words, you should learn بعد از as one useful chunk.

Persian often does not use articles the same way English does.

کار here just means work, and بعد از کار naturally means after work. English also does this in some expressions:

• after work
• at school
• go home

So Persian does not need a separate word for the here.

با means with, and هم means together or with each other in this kind of phrase.

So:

• با هم = together

In this sentence, it emphasizes that the people eat dinner together.

Without با هم, the sentence would still make sense:

ما بعد از کار شام می‌خوریم

That means We eat dinner after work.

Adding با هم makes it specifically We eat dinner together after work.

Persian usually prefers Subject – Object – Verb word order, and the main verb often comes at the end.

In this sentence:

• ما = subject
• بعد از کار = time expression
• با هم = adverbial phrase
• شام = object
• می‌خوریم = verb

So Persian arranges the sentence as:

We + after work + together + dinner + eat

That is normal in Persian. The most important thing to remember is:

the verb usually comes near the end or at the end

می‌خوریم comes from the verb خوردن, which means to eat.

It breaks down like this:

• می‌ = present/imperfective marker
• خور = present stem of خوردن
• -یم = we

So:

می‌خوریم = we eat / we are eating

A very important spelling note:

• Standard writing: می‌خوریم
• You may also see: میخوریم

The first version, with the small separator, is more standard in modern Persian spelling.

Grammatically, it is a present form. But in Persian, the present can cover a few meanings depending on context:

• habitual present: we eat
• near-future / planned action: we will eat
• sometimes present progressive-like meaning in context

In this sentence, the most natural reading is:

• We eat dinner together after work
  or
• We have dinner together after work

If the speaker is talking about a plan for today, it could also be understood as:

• We’ll eat dinner together after work

That is a very common learner question.

In Persian, را usually marks a specific or definite direct object. But here شام is being used in a general, natural expression:

• شام خوردن = to eat dinner / to have dinner

Meal words often appear without را in this kind of sentence.

So:

• شام می‌خوریم = normal, natural
• شام را می‌خوریم = possible in some contexts, but less neutral here

Using را would sound more like you are talking about a particular dinner as a specific object.

Yes. Persian commonly uses خوردن (to eat) with food and meal words.

So:

• صبحانه خوردن = to eat/have breakfast
• ناهار خوردن = to eat/have lunch
• شام خوردن = to eat/have dinner

Even though English often says have dinner, Persian naturally says eat dinner.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

mâ ba'd az kâr bâ ham shâm mi-khorim

A few notes:

• ما = mâ
• بعد is roughly ba'd
• کار = kâr
• شام = shâm
• خ in می‌خوریم is the Persian kh sound, like the ch in Scottish loch or German Bach

So the full sentence is approximately:

mâ ba'd az kâr bâ ham shâm mi-khorim

Yes. Persian word order is somewhat flexible, especially with time phrases and adverbs, as long as the sentence remains clear and the verb stays near the end.

For example, these are all possible:

• ما بعد از کار با هم شام می‌خوریم
• بعد از کار ما با هم شام می‌خوریم
• ما با هم بعد از کار شام می‌خوریم

They all mean roughly the same thing, but the emphasis shifts slightly.

Still, the original version is very natural and straightforward.

Both represent the same word, but می‌خوریم is the standard modern spelling.

The difference is the half-space or zero-width non-joiner after می:

• standard: می‌خوریم
• less careful or simplified typing: میخوریم

Learners should recognize both, but it is best to write:

می‌خوریم

if you want standard written Persian.