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این جمله آسان است.
Meaning
This sentence is easy.
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Questions & Answers about این جمله آسان است.
The sentence ends with the formal است. How would native speakers actually say this in casual conversation?
In spoken Farsi, the verb است usually attaches to the end of the previous word as an "e" sound. Additionally, the "ān" sound in آسان changes to "ūn" in Tehrani speech. So, a native speaker would typically say این جمله آسونه.
If I want to change this to "These sentences are easy", do I make the word این plural?
No. When used as an adjective right before a noun, demonstrative words like این (this/these) and آن (that/those) always remain singular. You only pluralize the noun itself, making it این جملهها or the Arabic broken plural این جملات.
If the subject becomes plural ("these sentences"), does the verb است need to change to the plural هستند?
It does not have to! A key rule in Farsi is that plural non-living subjects often take a singular verb. So saying این جملهها آسان است is completely correct and very natural, even though the subject is plural.
Could I use the word راحت instead of آسان in this sentence?
Yes, absolutely. While راحت literally translates to "comfortable", it is widely used in conversational Farsi to mean "easy". In fact, hearing someone say این جمله راحته is extremely common in everyday speech.