Breakdown of دکترها ساعت هشت صبح در بیمارستان هستند.
دکتر
doctor
بودنbudan
to be
بیمارستانbimârestân
hospital
درdar
in
ساعتsâ'at
o'clock (the hour)
هشتhasht
eight
صبحsobh
morning
Questions & Answers about دکترها ساعت هشت صبح در بیمارستان هستند.
Why do we need the word ساعت before the number eight?
In Farsi, when you are stating a specific time on the clock, you put the word ساعت (which means clock or hour) right before the number. So eight o'clock is said as ساعت هشت.
Is there no Farsi word for 'at' when saying 'at eight'?
That's right! In English, we use the preposition 'at' for telling time. In Farsi, you don't need an extra word there. You just drop the time directly into the sentence: ساعت هشت.
How does Farsi show AM and PM in this sentence?
Farsi doesn't use abbreviations like AM or PM. Instead, you simply add the part of the day right after the time. Here, صبح means morning, so ساعت هشت صبح acts exactly like 8:00 AM.
How is the word 'doctor' made plural here?
By adding the suffix ها to the end of the noun. This is the most common way to make a word plural in Farsi, similar to adding an 's' in English. So دکتر (doctor) becomes دکترها (doctors).
Why is the verb هستند placed at the very end?
In standard Farsi, the main verb almost always goes at the very end of the sentence. All the extra details, like the time (ساعت هشت صبح) and the location (در بیمارستان), come before the verb هستند (they are).
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