Proportional Comparisons
When discussing economics, demographics, or shifting trends, you often need to show how two factors move in tandem—like saying "the more supply decreases, the more prices rise."
In formal Farsi, we express this proportional relationship using a correlative structure: هر قدر (however much / the more) introduces the first clause, and به همان نسبت (by the same proportion) introduces the second.
| The more the supply decreases, the more the price goes up in proportion. | هر قدر عرضه کاهش مییابد، به همان نسبت قیمت بالا میرود.har ghadar arze kâhesh miyâbad, be hamân nesbat gheymat bâlâ miravad. |
Notice how both halves of the comparison are standard, complete clauses using verbs in the Indicative tense.
| The more liquidity increases in the economy, the more the price of foreign currency rises in proportion. | هر قدر نقدینگی در اقتصاد افزایش مییابد، به همان نسبت قیمت ارز بیشتر میشود.har qadar naqdinegi dar eqtesâd afzâyesh miyâbad, be hamân nesbat qeymat-e arz bishtar mishavad. |
To the Same Extent
For variety, you can easily swap out به همان نسبت for به همان اندازه (to the same extent). The grammatical structure remains exactly the same, cleanly linking two shifting realities together.
| The more productivity grows, the more the wage increases to the same extent. | هر قدر بهرهوری رشد میکند، به همان اندازه دستمزد بیشتر میشود.har qadr bahre-vari roshd mikonad, be hamân andâze dastmozd bishtar mishavad. |
| The greater consumerism becomes, the more expenses go up to the same extent. | هر قدر مصرفگرایی بیشتر میشود، به همان اندازه هزینهها بالا میرود.har qadr masraf-gerâyi bishtar mishavad, be hamân andâze hazine-hâ bâlâ miravad. |
Building Complex Sentences
Because this correlative structure simply links two standard clauses, you can seamlessly embed the entire "the more... the more..." package inside a larger sentence as a subordinate thought.
| The producer knows that the more productivity goes up, the greater the profit becomes to the same extent. | تولیدکننده میداند که هر قدر بهرهوری بالا میرود، به همان اندازه سود بیشتر میشود.towlidkonande midânad ke har qadar bahrevari bâlâ miravad, be hamân andâze sud bishtar mishavad. |
You might also notice that the subject of the first clause can appear before هر قدر rather than after it. This shifts the focus slightly onto the subject doing the action, without altering the grammar of the proportion.
| The more subsidy the government gives, the more inequality decreases in proportion. | دولت هر قدر یارانه میدهد، به همان نسبت نابرابری کاهش مییابد.dowlat har qadr yârâne midahad, be hamân nesbat nâbarâbari kâhesh miyâbad. |