Breakdown of او مطب را به یاد نمیآورد.
او
he/she
راrâ
definite direct object marker
مطبmatab
clinic
به یاد آوردنbe yâd âvardan
to remember, to recall
Questions & Answers about او مطب را به یاد نمیآورد.
The current lesson is about impersonal verbs like یادش میآید. Why doesn't this sentence use one?
This sentence uses a different, active way to say 'remember'. Instead of the impersonal structure یادش میآید (literally 'it comes to his memory'), it uses the personal compound verb به یاد آوردن (literally 'to bring to memory'). Because 'he' (او) is actively doing the remembering here, the verb takes a regular subject and the standard 'he/she' ending ـد rather than an enclitic pronoun.
Why do we need the object marker را in this sentence?
Because we are using the active verb به یاد آوردن, 'he' is the subject and 'the clinic' (مطب) is the specific thing he is trying to remember. This makes مطب a specific direct object, so it must be followed by the object marker را. If we used the impersonal version of this sentence (مطب یادش نمیآید), 'the clinic' would technically be the subject, so را would not be used.
How is the verb نمیآورد built?
It comes from the verb آوردن (to bring), which has the present stem آور (âvar). To say 'he does not bring', we stack the parts together: the negative prefix نـ (ne-) + the continuous prefix می (mi-) + the stem آور + the 'he/she' ending ـد (-ad).
Does مطب mean the same thing as a hospital?
No, مطب specifically refers to a doctor's private office or consultation room. If you wanted to talk about a hospital, you would use بیمارستان, or درمانگاه for a general community health clinic.
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