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As you may know, Persian culture is one of the most ancient cultures in the world. This enormous volume of antiquity has always been affected by different cultures through the passage of history: National beliefs, language, religion, borders, etc. I can answer you about Persian culture before and after Islam - which is known as a milestone in Iranian history, and also about the various languages spoken by Iranians, and give you translations in today's Iran's official language, Farsi (Persian). Podemos compartir los textos de español y persa y traducirlos para otra cada, también. Mojtaba

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I am an Iranian and have studied general history about Iran. I am absolutely familiar with the culture and language of my own country.

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My education is strengthened about civil engineering.

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Expert: Mojtaba Parsa - 11/2/2009

Question
Dear Mojtaba,

Here's a word I can't find in my dictionary for some reason. Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place.

هرکجا بروم بازهم به همینجا بر خواهم گشت

What does بازهم mean, please? Is it made up of باز and هم? If so, what do the individual parts mean in this compound? I don't know why, but I always find combinations with هم difficult. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the word هم – e.g. باهم means “together”, doesn't it, but literally it seems to mean “with too”, which to me doesn't quite make sense.

All the best, and many thanks,

Simon

PS By the way, how can I say “Dear Mojtaba” in Persian? What about “PS”? I refer to letter-writing here.

Answer
Hi Simon,

I think you may know the word 'همدیگر' or 'یکدیگر'. In many cases, 'هم' means همدیگر or یکدیگر. For example:

با هم به مدرسه رفتند: They went to school 'together'.
هم را دوست دارند: They love 'each other'.
میتوانند بجای هم استفاده شوند: 'Either' one can be used (Each one can be used instead of the other one).
So, whenever you faced 'هم', you can just check whether it means so or not.

But here, هم means something else. 'باز هم' somehow means 'باز' (=again). But ONLY there's OFTEN a little bit difference. باز هم is used when to express inability of affording a job and having done a process, or unexpectedly repeating some action looking obvious to fail or be wrong before it's started.
هر کجا بروم باز هم به همینجا بر خواهم گشت means 'To wherever I travel, I will again return here.' He is expressing a way of inability to move from the current place he is right now. He is not able to 'not return'. He is unable not to return. He 'again' will return here.

I give you more examples to get it all clear:

هر چقدر بگویم دوستت دارم، باز هم کم است.
Stating inability of expressing how much he/she loves her/him.

او باز هم تصمیم گرفته است تا در آزمون شرکت کند.
Stating indirectly that he has failed the exam several times before and he's still most probable to fail again. 'However', he has registered for the exam.

Often it does not differ from the solo 'باز' (=again).
میگویند او رفته است. نگران نباش! باز هم می‌آید.
[It's heard he's gone. Don't worry! He'll return 'again'.]

It's not that difficult, is it?

Dear Jack is said:
جک عزیز

PS is written:
پ.ن which stands for پی نوشت

Hope this helps.
With Best Regards, Mojtaba Parsa

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