Breakdown of این سوپرمارکت از آن مغازه بزرگتر است.
است
is
این
this
آن
that
بزرگbozorg
big / large
مغازهmaghâze
shop
ازaz
from
سوپرمارکتsupermârket
supermarket
Questions & Answers about این سوپرمارکت از آن مغازه بزرگتر است.
How do you say 'than' in this comparison?
In English we say 'bigger than', but in Farsi you use the preposition از, which usually means 'from'. So the structure literally reads like 'This supermarket from that shop bigger is.'
How is the word for 'bigger' formed here?
You simply add the comparative suffix -تر to the end of the base adjective. The Farsi word for big is بزرگ, so adding the suffix makes it بزرگتر (bigger).
Why is the verb است at the very end of the sentence?
Because Farsi generally puts the verb at the end of the sentence. Even in a comparative sentence like this one, the verb 'is' (است) comes right at the end, after the items being compared and the adjective.
The word سوپرمارکت sounds exactly like English. Is that normal?
Yes! Farsi has adopted several modern loanwords from English and French. Words like سوپرمارکت (supermarket) act just like native Farsi words and plug perfectly into normal Farsi grammar structures.
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