Breakdown of ماشین زرد از ماشین قهوهای گرانتر است.
بودنbudan
to be
ماشینmâshin
car
ازaz
from
گرانgerân
expensive
زردzard
yellow
قهوهایghahve-i
brown
Questions & Answers about ماشین زرد از ماشین قهوهای گرانتر است.
How do we form the comparative 'more expensive' in this sentence?
By adding the suffix -tar to the adjective. Just like adding '-er' in English, gerân (expensive) becomes gerân-tar (more expensive).
Why is the word az used here? Doesn't it usually mean 'from'?
Yes, az usually means 'from', but in comparative sentences like this one, it acts as the word 'than'. Literally, the structure translates to: the yellow car is more expensive 'from' the brown car.
How are the nouns and their color adjectives linked together when speaking?
They are linked using the ezâfe, which is a short 'e' sound added to the end of the noun. Although it is not written out in the Persian text here, you pronounce it as mâšin-e zard (yellow car) and mâšin-e qahve'i (brown car).
Where does the word for brown, qahve'i, come from?
It literally means 'coffee-colored'. It is made from the word qahve (coffee) plus the suffix -i. Farsi often creates color names by adding this suffix to objects.
Since this lesson covers kodâm, how would you ask 'Which car is more expensive?' to get this sentence as an answer?
You would ask: kodâm mâšin gerân-tar ast? Notice that the question word kodâm (which) comes right before the singular noun (mâšin) and does not take the ezâfe connector.
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