Medical Advice and Commands
When describing a visit to the doctor, you will often need to talk about examinations, prescriptions, and instructions.
| The doctor examined me and prescribed a new medicine. | دکتر معاینهام کرد و یک داروی جدید تجویز کرد.doktor mo'âyene-am kard va yek dâru-ye jadid tajviz kard. |
To report a command (like "The doctor told me to..."), Farsi doesn't use an infinitive verb. Instead, it uses گفتن (to tell) connected by که (that) to the Present Subjunctive form of the action verb.
Notice that you use the preposition به to indicate who was told.
| The doctor told me to take the medicine that he prescribed. | دکتر به من گفت که دارویی را که تجویز کرد بخورم.doktor be man goft ke dâruyi râ ke tajviz kard bokhoram. |
To report a negative command ("told me not to"), simply make the subjunctive verb negative by adding the نـ prefix.
| He told me not to eat fat. | او به من گفت که چربی نخورم.u be man goft ke charbi nakhoram. |
Reporting Requests with خواستن
If a medical professional asked you to do something, use the verb خواستن (to want).
While به is used with telling, remember that in Farsi, you ask "from" someone using the preposition از. The structure remains exactly the same: از + [person] + خواستن + که + Present Subjunctive.
| The doctor asked my father to avoid sugar and fat. | دکتر از پدرم خواست که از قند و چربی پرهیز کند.doktor az pedaram khâst ke az qand o charbi parhiz konad. |
| The specialist asked us to improve our nutrition. | متخصص از ما خواست که تغذیهی خود را بهتر کنیم.motekhasses az mâ khâst ke taghziye-ye khod râ behtar konim. |
Expressing Purpose with تا
Health coaching usually comes with a reason! To explain why you were told to do something, use تا (so that / in order to). Just like که, تا is followed by the Present Subjunctive.
| The doctor prescribed this vitamin so that I recover faster. | دکتر این ویتامین را تجویز کرد تا زودتر بهبود یابم.doktor in vitâmin râ tajviz kard tâ zud-tar behbud yâbam. |
| You must avoid harmful habits to recover. | باید از عادتهای مضر پرهیز کنی تا بهبود یابی.bâyad az âdat-hâye mozerr parhiz koni tâ behbud yâbi. |