Breakdown of آنها هرگز دربارهی سیاست بحث نمیکنند.
آنها
they
هرگزhargez
never
بحث کردنbahs kardan
to discuss / to debate
دربارهdarbâre
about / concerning
سیاستsiyâsat
politics
Questions & Answers about آنها هرگز دربارهی سیاست بحث نمیکنند.
Why does darbâre have a -ye at the end?
darbâre-ye is a compound preposition meaning "about". Like most compound prepositions in Farsi, it needs an ezâfe to link it to the noun that follows. Since darbâre ends in a vowel, the ezâfe takes the form of a -ye sound to connect smoothly to siyâsat (politics).
Could I use râje' be instead of darbâre-ye in this sentence?
Yes! râje' be and dar mored-e are also prepositions meaning "about", and they fit perfectly here. Just remember that râje' be doesn't use an ezâfe to connect to the next word, so you would just say râje' be siyâsat.
Why do we need to say darbâre-ye (about) here when in English we just say "discuss politics"?
In English, the verb "discuss" acts directly on the noun without a preposition. In Farsi, the compound verb bahs kardan (to discuss) literally works more like "to do a discussion". You can't "do a discussion politics", so you must use a preposition like darbâre-ye to say you are having a discussion about politics.
Since hargez already means "never", why is the verb negative (nemikonand)?
Farsi uses double negatives! Whenever you use a negative adverb like hargez (never) or hich (nothing), the verb must also be made negative. If you used the positive verb mikonand, the sentence would be grammatically incorrect.
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