Breakdown of پروفسور محمدی نسبت به فرماندار تجربهی بیشتری دارد.
داشتنdâshtan
to have
تجربهtajrobe
experience
بیشترbishtar
more / most (of)
نسبت بهnesbat be
compared to / relative to
محمدیmohammadi
Mohammadi (common surname)
پروفسورprofesor
Professor (academic title)
فرماندارfarmândâr
governor / prefect
Questions & Answers about پروفسور محمدی نسبت به فرماندار تجربهی بیشتری دارد.
Does the title پروفسور (Professor) take an Ezafe before the name?
Yes! Just like Persian titles use the Explanatory Ezafe (like Âghâ-ye Mohammadi), borrowed Western titles like پروفسور (porofesor) and دکتر (doktor) also take an unseen Ezafe to connect to the name. This is pronounced porofesor-e Mohammadi. In very casual speech, the Ezafe is sometimes dropped for foreign titles, but formally and in good writing, it must be there.
Can I just use از instead of نسبت به to say "compared to"?
Yes, you could use از (az, than), which would simply mean "has more experience than the governor." However, using نسبت به (nesbat be) is a great B2 structure that translates directly to "in relation to" or "compared to." It makes comparisons sound more analytical and professional.
Why is there an ی at the end of بیشتری (bishtari)?
This is the indefinite -i, acting like "some" or "a." A major rule in Farsi is that when a noun is modified by an adjective, this indefinite suffix attaches to the very end of the adjective phrase, not the noun itself. So instead of tajrobe-i-ye bishtar, the whole block takes the suffix at the end: tajrobe-ye bishtar-i (literally "a more experience").
What is the root of the word فرماندار (farmândâr, governor)?
It is a compound word made of فرمان (farmân, command or decree) and the present stem suffix دار (-dâr, holder or keeper, from the verb dâshtan). So a governor is literally a "command-holder."
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