Breakdown of این یکی از بدترین درگیریها بود، اما انگار آنها سازش کردهاند.
آنها
they
این
this
بودنbudan
to be
اماammâ
but
ازaz
from
یکیyeki
one (of them), someone
بدترینbadtarin
worst
انگارangâr
as if, it seems
درگیریdargiri
conflict
سازش کردنsâzesh kardan
to compromise
Questions & Answers about این یکی از بدترین درگیریها بود، اما انگار آنها سازش کردهاند.
Why does انگار (engâr) take the present perfect indicative (کردهاند) here instead of a subjunctive verb?
In Farsi, انگار takes the indicative when it means 'it seems that' or 'it looks like' a factual event occurred. The speaker is making a real deduction based on evidence: it appears they actually have compromised. If it meant a counterfactual 'as if they had compromised' (but they haven't), you would typically use a past tense.
The first half uses the simple past (بود). Why does the second half switch to the present perfect (کردهاند)?
This reflects how the events connect to the present. The conflict itself is viewed as a finished state in the past (بود). However, the compromise (سازش) is an action that happened in the past but its result is still true right now. Farsi uses the present perfect here to show that ongoing effect, just like English does.
Why isn't there an ezafe between بدترین (badtarin) and درگیریها (dargiri-hâ)?
Because بدترین is a superlative adjective (ending in -ترین). Unlike normal adjectives which follow the noun with an ezafe (like درگیری بد for 'bad conflict'), superlatives are placed directly before the noun they modify, and no ezafe is used between them.
What is the root of the word درگیریها (dargiri-hâ)?
It comes from the adjective درگیر (dargir), meaning 'involved' or 'entangled', combined with the suffix -ی to make it the noun درگیری (conflict or clash). The -ها at the end simply makes it plural.
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