Breakdown of بعد از اینکه حادثه رخ داد، خبرنگار خبر را اعلام کرد.
خبرkhabar
news
راrâ
definite direct object marker
بعد ازba'd az
after (time)
اینکهin-ke
that (conjunction)
حادثهhâdese
incident
رخ دادنrokh dâdan
to occur
خبرنگارkhabarnegâr
reporter
اعلام کردنe'lâm kardan
to announce
Questions & Answers about بعد از اینکه حادثه رخ داد، خبرنگار خبر را اعلام کرد.
Why does this sentence use بعد از اینکه instead of just بعد از?
بعد از (after) is used directly before nouns, like in 'after dinner'. Because 'the incident occurred' is a full clause with its own subject and verb, we have to add اینکه to connect it. بعد از اینکه acts as a conjunction linking the two actions.
Could we use a perfect tense for 'occurred' since it happened before the announcement?
Yes, definitely! Because the incident happened before the announcement, it is very common to use the Past Perfect tense here: بعد از اینکه حادثه رخ داده بود. However, native speakers often just use the Simple Past (رخ داد) as seen in this sentence, because the word 'after' already makes the timeline perfectly clear.
Why is را (ra) used after خبر (khabar)?
را is the specific direct object marker. The reporter isn't just announcing random news; they are announcing the specific news of the incident that just occurred. Because 'the news' is a specific target of the verb 'announced', خبر must be followed by را.
How is the word for reporter, خبرنگار (khabarnegar), formed?
It is a compound word made by combining خبر (khabar), which means 'news', with the suffix نگار (-negar), which comes from a root word meaning 'to write' or 'to record'. Literally, it translates to 'news writer'.
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