Breakdown of این حیاط به اندازهی کافی بزرگ نیست، اما آن پارک به مراتب وسیعتر است.
این
this
آن
that
حیاط
yard
بودنbudan
to be
اماammâ
but
بزرگbozorg
big / large
پارکpârk
park
بهbe
to
اندازهandâze
size / amount
کافیkâfi
enough
به مراتبbe marâteb
by far / considerably
وسیعvasi'
vast / wide
به اندازهیbe andâze-ye
as much as, as ... as
Questions & Answers about این حیاط به اندازهی کافی بزرگ نیست، اما آن پارک به مراتب وسیعتر است.
How do we use be marâteb to intensify the adjective here?
be marâteb translates to "by far" or "considerably". You simply place it right before a comparative adjective (one ending in -tar, like vasi'-tar). Literally, marâteb is the plural of martabe (degree or level), so the phrase implies something is greater "by many degrees".
Why is the word for "enough" (be andâze-ye kâfi) placed before the adjective bozorg, when in English it comes after ("big enough")?
In Farsi, be andâze-ye kâfi literally means "to a sufficient extent" or "to the degree of sufficient". It acts as an adverb phrase describing how big the yard is. Just like you put "very" before an adjective (kheyli bozorg), you place this entire phrase before the adjective too: be andâze-ye kâfi bozorg.
Why does the sentence use vasi'-tar for the park instead of just saying bozorg-tar (bigger)?
You could definitely use bozorg-tar here! However, vasi' is a descriptive word that specifically means "vast", "wide", or "spacious". Using it for the park emphasizes its wide-open surface area rather than just its general overall size.
Could I say kheyli vasi'-tar instead of using be marâteb?
Yes, kheyli vasi'-tar means "much vaster" and is very common in everyday speech. Using be marâteb vasi'-tar is a slightly more advanced and emphatic way to say "by far vaster" or "considerably more spacious".
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