Word
برادرم پیش دکتر است.
Meaning
My brother is with the doctor.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about برادرم پیش دکتر است.
The translation says 'with the doctor', but doesn't bâ mean 'with'? Why use pish-e here?
The word bâ means 'with' when you are accompanying someone or using a tool. pish-e is a spatial preposition that means 'at the place of' or 'in the presence of'. So pish-e doktor means he is at the doctor's office or seeing the doctor right now.
Where is the Ezafe in this sentence, and how do I pronounce it?
The Ezafe is the invisible 'e' sound that connects the preposition pish to the noun doktor. You pronounce this combination as pish-e doktor. Spatial prepositions taught in this lesson, like pish, always need this connecting sound before a noun.
I don't see the word man for 'I' or 'me' in this sentence. How do we know it is 'my' brother?
The 'my' is added by the ending -am on the word barâdaram. In Farsi, you usually add short possessive endings directly to the end of a noun instead of using a separate word. barâdar plus -am becomes barâdaram.
Why does the word ast come at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi puts the main verb at the end of the sentence. The subject barâdaram comes first, followed by his location pish-e doktor, and finally the verb ast.