मुझे इस खबर पर शक है।

to be

Breakdown of मुझे इस खबर पर शक है।

• यह: this
• मुझे: me
• पर: on

Questions & Answers about मुझे इस खबर पर शक है।

Why is it मुझे instead of मैं for I?

Because Hindi often uses a different structure for feelings, perceptions, and mental states.

In English, you say I doubt this news.

In Hindi, the idea is often expressed more like:

• to me
  • about this news
    • doubt exists

So मुझे is the dative/oblique form meaning to me.

This pattern is very common in Hindi:

• मुझे डर है = I am afraid / I have fear
• मुझे याद है = I remember
• मुझे शक है = I have doubt / I suspect

You could think of मुझे here as the natural Hindi way to mark the person experiencing the doubt.

Also, मुझे and मुझको are often interchangeable:

• मुझे इस खबर पर शक है
• मुझको इस खबर पर शक है

Both are natural.

Why is it इस and not यह?

Because यह changes to इस before a postposition.

Hindi demonstratives have a direct form and an oblique form.

For this, the forms are:

• यह = direct
• इस = oblique

Since खबर is followed by the postposition पर, the whole noun phrase must be in the oblique form: