Questions & Answers about عمویمان دکتر این بیمارستان است.
How does 'our' attach to 'uncle' in عمویمان?
The word for paternal uncle is عمو (amu). To say 'our', we add the plural possessive ending -مان (-emân). Because عمو ends in a vowel, we need to add the connecting letter ی (y) to make it easier to pronounce, creating عمویمان (amu-y-emân).
Why is there no word for 'at' in دکتر این بیمارستان?
Instead of saying 'doctor AT this hospital', Farsi uses the ezafe to say 'doctor OF this hospital'. An invisible 'e' sound links دکتر (doktor) to این (in), so the phrase is pronounced 'doktor-e in bimârestân'.
Does عمو mean any uncle?
No, عمو (amu) specifically means a paternal uncle, which is your father's brother. Farsi uses a completely different word, دایی (dâyi), for a maternal uncle (your mother's brother).
Is there an easy way to remember the word for hospital, بیمارستان?
Yes! The word بیمارستان (bimârestân) is made of two basic parts. بیمار (bimâr) means 'sick' or 'patient', and the ending -ستان (-estân) means 'place of'. So it literally translates to 'place of the sick'.