Word
فرض کنیم که قربانی خودکشی کرده بوده باشد.
Meaning
Let's assume that the victim had committed suicide.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of فرض کنیم که قربانی خودکشی کرده بوده باشد.
بودنbudan
to be
کردنkardan
to do / to make
کهke
that (conjunction)
قربانیqorbâni
victim
Questions & Answers about فرض کنیم که قربانی خودکشی کرده بوده باشد.
Why is the verb کرده بوده باشد in the past perfect subjunctive here?
The phrase فرض کنیم (let's assume) sets up a hypothetical scenario. Because we are making a theoretical assumption about an event that already took place, we use the past perfect subjunctive. It perfectly captures that this is a profound doubt or a past hypothesis, rather than a known fact.
How exactly is the past perfect subjunctive کرده بوده باشد formed?
It looks long, but it follows a strict formula: the past participle of the main verb (کرده), plus the past participle of "to be" (بوده), plus the present subjunctive of "to be" for the correct person (باشد for third-person singular).
Could we just say خودکشی کرده باشد (present perfect subjunctive) instead?
Yes, in everyday spoken Farsi, people often simplify this to the present perfect subjunctive (خودکشی کرده باشد) to mean the same thing. However, کرده بوده باشد is grammatically more precise for emphasizing that this is a deeply hypothetical past event, matching the "past of the past" nuance.
What is the literal breakdown of the word خودکشی (suicide)?
It is a combination of خود (self) and کشی (killing, from the root of کشتن, to kill). Combined with the light verb کردن (to do), خودکشی کردن literally translates to "to do self-killing".