Breakdown of در مورد این قتل، او همه چیز را انکار کرد.
او
he/she
این
this
راrâ
definite direct object marker
همهhame
all, everyone
در موردdar mored
about / regarding
چیزchiz
thing
قتلghatl
murder
انکار کردنenkâr kardan
to deny
Questions & Answers about در مورد این قتل، او همه چیز را انکار کرد.
Why do we need the object marker râ after hame chiz (everything)? Isn't 'everything' a general concept rather than a specific object?
In Farsi, inclusive or exclusive pronouns like hame chiz (everything) and hich chiz (nothing) are treated as specific, definite objects when they receive the action of a verb. Because the person denied the exact entirety of the facts, hame chiz requires the definite direct object marker râ.
Could I use darbâreh-ye instead of dar mored-e to mean 'about'?
Yes, absolutely! Both dar mored-e and darbâreh-ye mean 'about' or 'regarding' and are virtually interchangeable here. While dar mored-e is slightly more common in formal contexts, both are extremely common in everyday conversational Farsi.
Why does the sentence start with dar mored-e in qatl (about this murder) instead of the subject u (he)?
Placing the prepositional phrase at the very beginning of the sentence shifts the emphasis. The speaker is highlighting the topic first, acting like 'As for this murder...' to set a strong context before introducing the subject's action. If it were a completely neutral statement, the standard word order would start with the subject u (he).
The current lesson is about using the subjunctive with expressions of doubt. Does the verb enkâr kardan (to deny) also trigger the subjunctive mood?
No, it doesn't. While denying something is conceptually related to doubting, enkâr kardan describes a direct action that factually happened (he actually performed a denial). Expressions of doubt like shak dâshtan (to doubt) trigger the subjunctive because the event being doubted is uncertain in the speaker's mind.
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