Breakdown of این متن از آن رمان طولانیتر است.
این
this
آن
that
بودنbudan
to be
ازaz
from
طولانیtulâni
long
متنmatn
text
رمانromân
novel
Questions & Answers about این متن از آن رمان طولانیتر است.
How does this sentence's standard comparative relate to the 'the more... the more...' structure we're learning in this lesson?
This sentence uses the basic comparative suffix -tar (like the '-er' in 'longer'). In the correlative structure you're learning (har-che...), you will use this exact same -tar form on adjectives to build phrases like 'the longer..., the better...' (har-che tulāni-tar...).
Why do we use az here instead of a specific word for 'than'?
In Farsi, comparisons are literally phrased as 'longer from that novel'. The preposition az (from/of) is always used to mean 'than' when comparing two things directly.
What is the root of the word tulāni-tar?
The core noun is tul (length). Adding the suffix -āni turns it into the adjective tulāni (long), and adding -tar makes it the comparative tulāni-tar (longer).
How would this sentence change in everyday, spoken Farsi?
The formal word ān (that) becomes un, and the verb ast (is) merges with the adjective. A native speaker would naturally say: in matn az un romān tulāni-tare.
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