No. 126 in Persian
اند
The Persian word "اند" is a verb suffix meaning "are" or "they are" in third-person plural.
In a sentence
آنها دانشآموزان کوشاییاند.
They are diligent students.
The word 'اند' here is used as a verb to indicate the plural third-person present tense of 'to be'.
استادان جدیدی برای دانشگاه انتخاب شدهاند.
New professors have been chosen for the university.
In this sentence, 'اند' is part of a compound past perfect verb and is used as the third-person plural auxiliary verb 'have'.
آنها هنوز خانهٔ جدیدی پیدا نکردهاند.
They still haven't found a new home.
Here, 'اند' functions as part of the present perfect tense, combining with 'نکرده' to mean 'haven't' in the third-person plural.
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