بعد از کمی استراحت، به مادرم زنگ میزنم.

بعد از means after.

In this sentence, بعد از کمی استراحت means after a little rest or after resting a bit.

Structure:

• بعد = after / later
• از = from, but together with بعد it forms the fixed expression بعد از = after

So:

• بعد از کمی استراحت = after a little rest

Not necessarily. Persian often uses a noun phrase where English might use a clause.

Here:

• استراحت = rest
• کمی استراحت = a little rest
• بعد از کمی استراحت = after a little rest

This is perfectly natural Persian. English can also do this:

• After a short rest, I’ll call my mother.

If you wanted a clause instead, Persian could also express the idea in other ways, but the noun-phrase version here is very common and natural.

کمی means a little, a bit, or some.

So:

• کمی استراحت = a little rest / a bit of rest

It softens the phrase and makes it sound natural, like saying:

• after resting a bit
• after a short rest

به usually means to.

With the verb expression زنگ زدن (to call / to ring someone), the person being called is normally marked with به:

• به مادرم زنگ می‌زنم = I call my mother / I ring my mother

Literally, it is closer to:

• I ring to my mother

But in natural English, we just say:

• I call my mother

So به is required because of how زنگ زدن works in Persian.

مادرم means my mother.

It is made of:

• مادر = mother
• ـم = my

So:

• مادرم = my mother

This attached ending is very common in Persian and often sounds more natural than using من separately.

Compare:

• مادرم = my mother
• مادر من = my mother

Both are correct, but مادرم is usually the more ordinary, compact form.

Yes, زدن very often means to hit or to strike, but it is also used in many compound verbs where the total meaning is different.

Here:

• زنگ = bell / ring
• زنگ زدن = to ring / to call

So به مادرم زنگ می‌زنم literally has the idea of I ring my mother, but the real meaning is simply:

• I call my mother

This is a very common Persian verb expression. Many Persian verbs work this way: a noun + a light verb such as کردن, زدن, دادن, etc.

می‌ marks the imperfective/present form in Persian. In a sentence like this, it helps make the verb mean something like:

• I call
• I am calling
• I will call (depending on context)

Breakdown:

• زن = the present stem of زدن
• می‌ = present/imperfective marker
• ـم = I

So:

• می‌زنم = I hit / I ring / I call, depending on the full expression

Because this is part of زنگ زدن, the meaning here is I call.

Formally, the verb is in the present stem + می‌ form, so it is a present/imperfective form.

But in Persian, this form is often used for the near future or for a planned action, especially when there is a time expression like بعد از....

So:

• بعد از کمی استراحت، به مادرم زنگ می‌زنم.

naturally means:

• After a little rest, I’ll call my mother.

This is very normal Persian. You do not need a separate future tense here.

Because مادرم is not the direct object of the verb in the usual Persian structure.

With زنگ زدن, the person called is introduced with به:

• به مادرم زنگ می‌زنم

Since it is marked with به, you do not use را.

Compare:

• مادرم را می‌بینم = I see my mother
• به مادرم زنگ می‌زنم = I call my mother

Different verbs, different patterns.

Yes. That is also correct and very common.

Compare:

• به مادرم زنگ می‌زنم = I call my mother
• به مادرم تلفن می‌کنم = I telephone my mother / I call my mother

Both are natural. A rough difference:

• زنگ زدن is very common in everyday speech
• تلفن کردن is also common, and can sound a little more explicitly like telephone

In modern Persian, both are widely used.

Yes, Persian word order is flexible, especially with time expressions.

The sentence begins with the time phrase:

• بعد از کمی استراحت = after a little rest

Then comes the rest:

• به مادرم زنگ می‌زنم = I call my mother

Starting with the time phrase is very natural because it sets the scene first:

• After a little rest, I’ll call my mother.

You could also move things around in some contexts, but this version is very normal and clear.

Yes in meaning, but می‌زنم is the more standard written form.

The small mark between می and the verb is called a zero-width non-joiner. It keeps the parts visually separate:

• standard: می‌زنم
• informal typing: میزنم

Learners should recognize both, but if you are writing carefully, می‌زنم is preferred.

In everyday speech, it may sound slightly shorter or smoother in pronunciation, something like:

• بعد از یه کم استراحت، به مادرم زنگ می‌زنم.

Changes:

• کمی → یه کم = a little / a bit

The original sentence is completely correct and natural, but یه کم is often more conversational than کمی.

A good word-by-word breakdown is:

• بعد از = after
• کمی = a little / some
• استراحت = rest
• به = to
• مادرم = my mother
• زنگ می‌زنم = I call / I ring

So the full sense is:

• After a little rest, I’ll call my mother.

A more literal gloss would be:

• After a little rest, to my mother ring-I-do.

That literal version sounds strange in English, but it helps show how Persian builds the sentence.