Breakdown of پرستار گفت که اگر درد شکم هم داری، باید زود به دکتر بگویی.
به
to
داشتن
to have
هم
also
باید
to have to / must
Questions & Answers about پرستار گفت که اگر درد شکم هم داری، باید زود به دکتر بگویی.
Why is گفت used here?
گفت is the past tense of گفتن (to say / to tell), so it means said.
- پرستار گفت = The nurse said
- This sets up reported speech: someone said something, and then the rest of the sentence gives what they said.
So the structure is:
- پرستار گفت = The nurse said
- که ... = that ...
What does که mean here?
Here که means that and introduces the content of what was said.
- پرستار گفت که ... = The nurse said that ...
In Persian, که is very commonly used after verbs like:
- گفتن = to say
- فکر کردن = to think
- دانستن = to know
Sometimes in casual speech, که can be omitted, but in a sentence like this it is very natural to include it.
Why does the sentence use اگر?
اگر means if.
So:
- اگر درد شکم هم داری = if you also have stomach pain
This is the conditional part of the sentence. Persian often builds this kind of sentence very similarly to English: