Questions & Answers about پارک از موزه نزدیکتر است.
How do we make the word for "closer" in this sentence?
You take the base adjective نزدیک (nazdik), which means "close" or "near", and add the comparative suffix ـتر (-tar). This works exactly like adding "-er" in English, so نزدیکتر (nazdiktar) means "closer".
Doesn't از (az) usually mean "from"? Why is it used here?
Yes, in earlier lessons you probably learned از (az) as "from" (like being from a country). However, when comparing two things in Farsi, از acts as the word "than". You can think of the logic as measuring the distance: "The park from the museum is closer."
Why is the word order "az muze nazdiktar" (than the museum closer)?
In English, you put the adjective first ("closer than the museum"). In Farsi, the standard word order for comparisons is: [Thing A] + از (than) + [Thing B] + [Comparative Adjective] + [Verb]. So literally, the sentence flows as: "Park + than + museum + closer + is."
Where is the word for "the" in "the park" and "the museum"?
Farsi does not have a direct, standalone word for "the". When you use a plain, base noun like پارک (pārk) or موزه (muze), it is usually understood as specific ("the park") based on the context. If we wanted to say "a park is closer", we would have added a suffix to make it indefinite, like پارکی (pārki).