Breakdown of نمرهی او بدتر بود چون کمتر درس خواند.
او
he/she
بودنbudan
to be
درس خواندنdars khândan
to study
چونchon
because
بدترbadtar
worse
نمرهnomre
score / mark
کمترkamtar
less
Questions & Answers about نمرهی او بدتر بود چون کمتر درس خواند.
Are badtar and kamtar irregular in Farsi like their English translations are?
No, they are actually completely regular! While English uses the irregular words worse and less, Farsi just takes the standard words bad (bad) and kam (little) and adds the normal comparative ending -tar. So bad simply becomes badtar and kam becomes kamtar.
How does nemre connect to u at the beginning of the sentence?
They are connected by the Ezāfe. Because nemre (score) ends in a spoken vowel sound, we add -ye to bridge the gap to the next word instead of the usual -e. That is why it is pronounced nemre-ye u (his score).
Is kamtar an adjective or an adverb here?
It is acting as an adverb because it describes the verb, telling us how much he studied. In Farsi, you can use comparative words like kamtar (less) as adverbs without changing their form. Notice that it is placed right before the verb dars xānd.
Why is there no word for he after čun?
Farsi verbs include the subject in their endings. The verb xānd is the simple past tense form for he, she, or it. Since the first half of the sentence already established we are talking about u (him), Farsi naturally drops the pronoun the second time to sound more natural.
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