Questions & Answers about این ماشین از آن دوچرخه گرانتر است.
How do we say "more expensive" in this sentence instead of just "expensive"?
We add the suffix -tar to the adjective. The word گران means expensive. By adding -tar, it becomes گرانتر (more expensive). It works just like adding "-er" to a word in English, but in Farsi you use it for any adjective, even long ones!
Wait, doesn't the word از usually mean "from"?
Yes, it does! But in Farsi, when we compare two things, we use از to mean "than". If you translate the grammar literally, Farsi says "This car from that bicycle is more expensive."
Why are the words for "more expensive is" placed at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi sentences usually put the verb at the very end. Here, the verb is است (is). The adjective that describes the subject goes right before that verb. So the word order in a comparison is: Subject + از + Second Item + Adjective + Verb.
Would این (this) and آن (that) change if we were comparing plural things, like "these cars" and "those bicycles"?
No, they would stay exactly the same. When این and آن are put right before a noun to point it out, they never take a plural ending, even if the noun itself is plural.