Breakdown of دکترها کی در بیمارستان هستند؟
دکتر
doctor
بودنbudan
to be
بیمارستانbimârestân
hospital
درdar
in
کیkey
when
Questions & Answers about دکترها کی در بیمارستان هستند؟
Since this lesson is about telling time, can I use key to ask 'what time'?
key translates to 'when' and is used to ask about general timing (like what day or part of the day). If you want to ask 'what exact time' (like 2:00 PM), it is better to ask sâ'at-e chand (what time/hour). However, key is very natural here for asking about a doctor's general schedule or shift!
Is doktor the same as the English word? And how is it made plural here?
Yes! doktor is a loanword and is extremely common in everyday Farsi. To make it plural, we just attach the standard plural suffix -hâ to the end, creating doktor-hâ (doctors).
Why is the question word key (when) in the middle of the sentence?
In Farsi, question words do not need to move to the front of the sentence like they do in English. They usually sit exactly where the answer would go. The standard sentence order here is Subject (doktor-hâ) + Time (key) + Place (dar bimârestân) + Verb (hastand).
Why do we use the verb form hastand instead of ast?
hastand is the 'they' form of the verb 'to be' (meaning 'they are'). Because the subject is doktor-hâ (doctors), which is a plural 'they', the verb must match it by taking the third-person plural ending -and.
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