Learn Farsi: این مانتو گران است، اما آن مانتو ارزان است. - This manteau is expensive, but that manteau is cheap.

A مانتو (manteau) is a type of long coat or tunic worn by women in Iran as everyday outerwear. You will hear this word constantly when shopping for clothes in Iran, as it is treated as a specific cultural clothing item rather than just a general jacket or dress.

How would this sentence change in everyday spoken Farsi?

In casual spoken Farsi, the formal verb است (is) usually shortens to a spoken vowel sound attached to the end of the adjective. Additionally, the long a sound before an n often changes to a u sound. Because of this, آن becomes اون, گران است becomes گرونه, and ارزان است becomes ارزونه.

Why is the verb است at the very end of both parts of the sentence?

Farsi naturally places the verb at the very end of a clause. Even in a simple descriptive sentence with the word اما (but) connecting two ideas, you must state the subject (این مانتو), then the adjective (گران), and finally the verb (است) right before the comma or the end of the sentence.

If I wanted to talk about plural manteaus, would I need to make the word این plural too?

No. In Farsi, demonstrative words like این (this) and آن (that) never take a plural ending when they are placed directly before a noun. You would simply make the noun itself plural, such as این مانتوها to mean these manteaus.