دوستم گفت که داروخانه نزدیک سوپرمارکت است، نه کنار بانک.

دوستم means my friend.

It is made of:

• دوست = friend
• -م = my

So Persian often shows possession by adding a short ending directly to the noun.

A few related examples:

• دوستت = your friend
• دوستش = his/her friend
• دوستمان = our friend

Also, depending on context, دوست can sometimes mean boyfriend/girlfriend/partner, but in a sentence like this, my friend is the most natural reading.

گفت is the simple past, third-person singular, of گفتن = to say / to tell.

So:

• گفتم = I said
• گفتی = you said
• گفت = he/she said
• گفتیم = we said

In this sentence, دوستم گفت means my friend said.

که here means that and introduces the reported statement.

So the structure is:

• دوستم گفت که ...
• My friend said that ...

In Persian, که is very common after verbs like say, think, know, etc.

In casual speech, it is sometimes omitted if the meaning is still clear:

• دوستم گفت داروخانه نزدیک سوپرمارکت است

That still sounds natural.

Because Persian usually puts the verb at the end of the clause.

This sentence follows the usual Persian pattern:

• داروخانه = the pharmacy
• نزدیک سوپرمارکت = near the supermarket
• است = is

So the order is roughly:

• The pharmacy near the supermarket is

That sounds strange in English, but it is normal in Persian.

Persian does not have a word exactly like English the.

So:

• داروخانه can mean a pharmacy or the pharmacy
• بانک can mean a bank or the bank

The context tells you which meaning is intended.

In this sentence, English may use the pharmacy, the supermarket, and the bank, but Persian simply leaves that unspecified unless there is some extra context or modifier.

They are related, but not the same.

• نزدیک = near / close to
• کنار = beside / next to / at the side of

So:

• نزدیک سوپرمارکت = near the supermarket
• کنار بانک = next to the bank

A place can be near something without being directly beside it. That contrast is exactly what this sentence is expressing.

Because نه here is correcting or contrasting the location phrase.

The idea is:

• It’s near the supermarket, not next to the bank.

So نه کنار بانک means not next to the bank.

This is a compact and natural way to correct a possible misunderstanding.

A fuller version could be:

• داروخانه نزدیک سوپرمارکت است، نه این‌که کنار بانک باشد
• or
• داروخانه نزدیک سوپرمارکت است، کنار بانک نیست

But the original sentence is shorter and very natural.

Yes, in pronunciation there usually is.

You would typically hear:

• نزدیکِ سوپرمارکت
• کنارِ بانک

That little -e / -ِ sound is the ezafe, which links words together.

In normal Persian writing, short vowels are usually not written, so you often just see:

• نزدیک سوپرمارکت
• کنار بانک

Even though the linking sound is still there in speech.

In formal writing, است is usually kept.

In everyday spoken Persian, it is often shortened:

• است → ـه

So the spoken version is commonly:

• داروخانه نزدیک سوپرمارکته، نه کنار بانک

You may also hear a more colloquial pronunciation of داروخانه as داروخونه.

So a natural spoken version could be:

• دوستم گفت که داروخونه نزدیک سوپرمارکته، نه کنار بانک

A careful transliteration would be:

doostam goft ke dârukhâne nazdik-e supermârket ast, na kenâr-e bânk

A more natural spoken version might sound like:

doostam goft ke dârukhune nazdik-e supermârkete, na kenâr-e bânk

A few notes:

• دوست is usually pronounced doost
• گفت is pronounced roughly goft
• نه here is na
• است in formal reading is ast, but in speech it often becomes -e

It is a loanword, borrowed from English supermarket.

Persian uses many international loanwords, especially for modern places, technology, and institutions.

In this sentence:

• سوپرمارکت = supermarket
• بانک = bank

By contrast, داروخانه is a native-style Persian compound:

• دارو = medicine
• خانه = house/place

So داروخانه literally means something like medicine house, which is the normal Persian word for pharmacy.

Yes. Persian word order is flexible, especially when you want to emphasize something.

The original sentence is neutral:

• داروخانه نزدیک سوپرمارکت است، نه کنار بانک.

But you could also say something like:

• نزدیک سوپرمارکت است، نه کنار بانک، داروخانه.

That would sound marked or stylistic, not the most basic version.

For learners, the original order is the best one to remember: subject + location phrase + verb.

In this sentence, it simply means said.

• دوستم گفت که... = My friend said that...

If Persian wants to make the listener explicit, it often adds it separately, for example:

• دوستم به من گفت که... = My friend told me that...

So گفت by itself does not necessarily mean told me. It just means said unless another object is added.