من برنج را با سبزی و نمک میخورم.

Persian usually prefers Subject–Object–Verb order.

So this sentence is structured like this:

• من = I
• برنج را = the rice / rice (direct object)
• با سبزی و نمک = with herbs/greens and salt
• می‌خورم = eat / am eating

So a very literal order is:

• I rice with herbs and salt eat

That final verb position is completely normal in Persian.

را is the direct object marker. It shows that برنج is the thing being acted on—the thing being eaten.

Important points:

• It usually does not have a direct English translation.
• It often appears with specific or definite objects.

So:

• برنج می‌خورم = I eat rice
• برنج را می‌خورم = I eat the rice / I’m eating the rice

With a mass noun like برنج, را often suggests a more specific portion of rice, not just rice in general.

You can usually leave it out.

Persian verbs already show the subject through their endings. In می‌خورم, the ending -م tells you the subject is I.

So both of these are possible:

• من برنج را با سبزی و نمک می‌خورم
• برنج را با سبزی و نمک می‌خورم

The version with من is a bit more explicit and can add emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

می‌خورم has three parts:

• می‌- = present/imperfective marker
• خور = present stem of خوردن (to eat)
• -م = I

So:

• می‌خورم = I eat / I am eating (depending on context)

This is the normal present form of خوردن.

Most often, it means I eat in a general or habitual sense.

But depending on context, Persian present forms can sometimes also be understood in a more immediate sense.

Still, if you want to clearly say I am eating right now, Persian often uses:

• دارم ... می‌خورم

For example:

• دارم برنج را با سبزی و نمک می‌خورم = I am eating the rice with herbs and salt

So in isolation, می‌خورم is usually best understood as I eat.

A learner-friendly pronunciation is:

• mi-khor-am

Or more naturally:

• mee-KHO-ram

Notes:

• خ is the kh sound, like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch
• ر is a tapped or rolled r
• The stress is usually on خور

So می‌خورم sounds roughly like mee-KHO-ram.

In standard modern Persian spelling, it is usually written:

• می‌خورم

That small gap is a half-space or zero-width non-joiner.

So:

• می‌خورم = standard orthography
• میخورم = very common in informal typing, but less standard

Both are understood, but if you are learning careful written Persian, می‌خورم is better.

سبزی can be a little tricky because it does not always mean just vegetables in the broad English sense.

In food contexts, it often means:

• greens
• herbs
• fresh herbs

So با سبزی و نمک may mean something like:

• with herbs and salt
• with greens and salt

In many Iranian food contexts, سبزی often suggests fresh herbs served with food.

با means with.

Here it introduces what accompanies the rice:

• با سبزی و نمک = with herbs/greens and salt

It is a very common preposition in Persian and can mean:

• with
• together with
• using, in some contexts

In this sentence, it is simply showing accompaniment or added items.

Persian does not use articles the same way English does.

A noun can often appear without any article at all, and the meaning is understood from context.

So:

• برنج can mean rice or the rice
• سبزی can mean herbs/greens or the herbs/greens
• نمک can mean salt or the salt

If Persian wants to mark something as explicitly indefinite, it can use -ی or words like یک.

But very often, article meaning is just left to context.

As a conjunction meaning and, و is usually pronounced:

• o

So:

• سبزی و نمک sounds like sabzi o namak

In very careful or formal reading, you may sometimes hear va, but in normal speech o is much more common.

The sentence can be rearranged somewhat, but the given order is very natural.

For example, these are also possible:

• من با سبزی و نمک برنج را می‌خورم
• برنج را با سبزی و نمک می‌خورم

Persian allows some flexibility, especially for emphasis or style. But the verb usually stays near the end, and برنج را stays together because را marks that noun as the direct object.