Breakdown of این گلابی از آن سیب بزرگتر است.
است
is
این
this
آن
that
بزرگbozorg
big / large
سیبsib
apple
ازaz
from
گلابیgolâbi
pear
Questions & Answers about این گلابی از آن سیب بزرگتر است.
How do you form comparative adjectives like "bigger" in this sentence?
You add the suffix -تر to the end of the base adjective. Here, the word for "big" is بزرگ, so adding the suffix makes it بزرگتر, meaning "bigger".
Why is the word از used here when it usually means "from"?
In Farsi, comparisons are made using از instead of having a separate word for "than". When you want to say "bigger than that apple", Farsi literally phrases it as "from that apple bigger" (از آن سیب بزرگتر).
Can I put بزرگتر right after گلابی like a regular adjective?
No, because it is not directly modifying the noun "pear" in a noun phrase (like "the big pear"). Instead, it is the main description connected by the verb "is". The sentence follows the standard Farsi word order for comparisons: Subject (این گلابی) + "than" phrase (از آن سیب) + comparative adjective (بزرگتر) + verb (است).
Would the words for "this" (این) and "that" (آن) change if we were comparing plural fruits?
No. When used right before a noun to point something out, این and آن act as adjectives and always stay in their singular form, even if the noun following them is plural.
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