او گفت که هنوز خبر ندارد.

He/She said that he/she still doesn’t have any news.

Breakdown of او گفت که هنوز خبر ندارد.

• نداشتن: to not have
• گفتن: to say
• که: that
• هنوز: still

Questions & Answers about او گفت که هنوز خبر ندارد.

Why does او mean both he and she?

Persian third-person singular pronouns are not marked for gender. So او can mean he or she.

You figure it out from:

• context
• previous sentences
• who is being discussed

So by itself, او گفت could mean:

• he said
• she said

What does each word in the sentence do?

A word-by-word breakdown:

• او = he / she
• گفت = said
• که = that
• هنوز = still / yet
• خبر = news / information
• ندارد = does not have

Very literally, the second clause is still does not have news/information, which is a natural Persian way to say still doesn’t know or still has no news in the right context.

What tense is گفت?

گفت is the simple past of گفتن (to say).

So:

• گفتن = to say
• گفت = he/she said

Persian often uses a simple past form where English also uses simple past: