Questions & Answers about فارسی از انگلیسی آسانتر است.
How do we form the word for 'easier' in this sentence?
The base adjective for 'easy' is آسان (āsān). To make it comparative ('easier'), we just add the suffix -تر (-tar) to the end, giving us آسانتر (āsān-tar). This works for almost all Farsi adjectives!
I learned that از (az) means 'from'. Why is it used here?
You are right! However, when making a comparison in Farsi, از is used to mean 'than'. You can think of it as saying Persian is easier 'starting from' the baseline of English.
Why is the word order 'Persian than English easier is'?
Farsi sentences generally put the verb at the very end, which is why است (is) is last. In comparisons, the thing you are comparing against—in this case, از انگلیسی (than English)—usually comes right before the comparative adjective آسانتر.
In everyday conversation, would people say the full word است (ast) at the end?
In formal or written Farsi, yes. But in spoken, conversational Farsi, the word است often shrinks to a simple 'e' sound attached to the end of the previous word. So you will often hear people say آسانتَره (āsān-tare) instead of آسانتر است.
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