Breakdown of هم غواص و هم تجهیزات از آب سنگینتر هستند.
و
and
بودنbudan
to be
سنگینsangin
heavy
آبâb
water
ازaz
from
همham
also, too / both ... and / together / each other
تجهیزاتtajhizât
equipment
غواصghavvâs
diver
Questions & Answers about هم غواص و هم تجهیزات از آب سنگینتر هستند.
How do you say 'both X and Y' in this sentence?
You use the pattern هم ... و هم ... (ham ... va ham ...). Here, هم غواص و هم تجهیزات literally means 'both diver and also equipment', which translates smoothly to 'both the diver and the equipment'.
Why is the phrase for 'than water' placed before the word for 'heavier'?
In Farsi, the phrase indicating what you are comparing against usually comes before the comparative adjective. We use از (az) for 'than' (it also means 'from'). So instead of saying 'heavier than water', Farsi says از آب (than water) followed by سنگینتر (heavier).
How do we form the comparative word for 'heavier'?
You add the suffix ـتر (-tar) to the end of an adjective to mean 'more' or '-er'. The base adjective for 'heavy' is سنگین (sangin), so adding the suffix gives us سنگینتر (sangin-tar) for 'heavier'.
Why does the word for equipment, تجهیزات (tajhizât), end in ـات (-ât)?
The ـات (-ât) ending is a plural marker used for many words that Farsi borrowed from Arabic. While 'equipment' is an uncountable noun in English and doesn't usually take an 's', Farsi treats it as a regular plural noun here.
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