Breakdown of همکارم دروغ گفت که سابقهی کار دارد.
کارkâr
work
داشتنdâshtan
to have
گفتنgoftan
to say / to tell
دروغdorugh
lie
همکارhamkâr
colleague
کهke
that (conjunction)
سابقهsâbeqe
experience (background, record)
Questions & Answers about همکارم دروغ گفت که سابقهی کار دارد.
Why is dārad in the present tense if the colleague lied in the past?
This is the key rule of reported speech in Farsi! In English, we often shift the tense backward and say 'He lied that he had experience.' But Farsi preserves the exact tense the person originally used. Since the colleague originally said 'I have experience,' Farsi keeps the verb in the present tense after ke (that): dārad (he has).
What is the literal translation of dorugh goft?
It literally means 'said a lie.' Farsi builds the verb 'to lie' by combining the noun dorugh (lie) with the simple past tense of goftan (to say/tell).
Why is there a -ye sound linking the words in sābeghe-ye kār?
That is the ezāfe, the grammatical link used to connect nouns to their modifiers or possessors. Here, it means 'experience of work.' Because sābeghe ends in a silent heh (ه), the ezāfe is pronounced as -ye to make the transition between the words flow smoothly.
I don't see a word for 'he' after ke. How do we know who has the experience?
Farsi is a pro-drop language, meaning it usually drops subject pronouns like 'he' or 'she' because the verb itself gives you that information. The verb dārad ends with the -ad suffix, which automatically tells us the subject is a third-person singular person (he, she, or it).
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