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why "بعضی" can be added by "ها"?

please look at this sentence :
بعضی ها عکس می گرفتند و بعضی هم دیوان حافظ را باز کرده بودند و شعر می خواندند
in this sentence there is ها behind بعضی ,بعضی means "many",why it is followed by ها ?
can someone tell me?thanks.

For learning: Persian (Farsi)
Base language: English
Category: Language

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    Hi ali,
    You need to know بعضی means "SOME" so here because you are talking about people this word means " Some People". You are talking about more than one person so you have added ها to the end of the word بعضی . Look at some more examples:

    بعضی ها کار می کنند. Some people are working.
    کتاب ها را به او دادم. I gave her the books.
    بچه ها بازی کردند. The children were playing.

    So ها is the Plural sign in Farsi. In normal speaking people shorten it to ا as below:

    دختر ها --> دخترا
    کتابها --> کتابا
    But we have one more Plurality sign which is ان which is really formal and it mostly applied to animated objects. Look at the examples below:

    درختان این باغ سبز و بلندند. The trees in this garden are green and tall.
    زنانِ ایرانی همچون مردان کار می کنند. The Iranian women are working just like the men.

    درخت + ان --> درختان = tree + s = trees
    زن + ان --> زنان = woman + plurality --> women
    مرد + آن --> مردان man + plurality --> men

    Hope this will help you.

    موفق باشی
    H.

    because بعضی had 2 meaning . one is some . but if you add it whit ها it means group of people . (( بعضی ها )) .

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