من فکر میکنم که این راه از آن مسیر بهتر است.

Yes. من means I, but Persian often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows the person.

• فکر می‌کنم already means I think
• So من فکر می‌کنم and فکر می‌کنم both work

Including من can add emphasis, clarity, or contrast, like I think...

فکر می‌کنم means I think.

It is made of:

• فکر = thought / thinking
• می‌کنم = I do

So literally it is something like I do thinking, but in natural English it just means I think.

This is a very common Persian pattern:

• noun + کردن = to do/use that noun as an action

For example:

• کار می‌کنم = I work
• فکر می‌کنم = I think

می is a prefix used in the present tense for ongoing, habitual, or general actions. In this sentence, می‌کنم is the normal present form: I do / I am doing.

So:

• کنم by itself is a different form, often subjunctive
• می‌کنم = I do / I am doing

In فکر می‌کنم, it gives the standard present meaning I think.

In careful modern spelling, it is usually written فکر می‌کنم with a half-space between می and the verb.

So the preferred spelling is:

• فکر می‌کنم

You may still see:

• فکر میکنم

especially in informal typing, but می‌کنم is the standard written form.

که introduces the clause after I think, similar to that in English.

So:

• من فکر می‌کنم که... = I think that...

It is often optional, especially in speech:

• من فکر می‌کنم این راه...
• من فکر می‌کنم که این راه...

Both are natural. Using که can make the sentence feel a little clearer or more formal.

Persian often forms comparisons with this pattern:

• X از Y بهتر است = X is better than Y

So here:

• این راه = this road/path/way
• از آن مسیر = than that route/path
• بهتر است = is better

Literally, the structure is:

• this way from that route better is

But naturally in English:

• This way is better than that route

In comparisons, از usually means than.

So:

• از آن مسیر = than that route

This is a very common Persian pattern:

• بزرگ‌تر از = bigger than
• بهتر از = better than
• سریع‌تر از = faster than

So از is the normal word used after a comparative adjective.

بهتر means better. It is the comparative form of خوب = good.

So:

• خوب = good
• بهتر = better
• بهترین = best

Unlike some adjectives in English, Persian often has a built-in comparative form, or it adds -تر to make one.

Both can relate to the idea of a way, path, or route, but they are not exactly identical.

• راه often means road, way, path, or even method
• مسیر often means route, course, direction, or path in a more planned or defined sense

In this sentence, using both is completely natural. It compares this way/path with that route. The speaker may be contrasting two possible ways of going somewhere.

Yes. آن means that.

So:

• این = this
• آن = that

In everyday speech, آن is very often pronounced and written informally as اون.

So spoken Persian might sound more like:

• این راه از اون مسیر بهتره

است means is.

So:

• بهتر است = is better

In formal writing, است is commonly included. In everyday speech, it is often dropped or shortened:

• formal: بهتر است
• conversational: بهتره
• sometimes just understood from context

So the sentence in casual spoken Persian might be:

• فکر می‌کنم این راه از اون مسیر بهتره

The basic order is very natural for Persian:

• من = subject
• فکر می‌کنم = main verb
• که ... = subordinate clause
• inside that clause: این راه از آن مسیر بهتر است

A very rough structural breakdown is:

• I think
• that
• this road
• than that route
• better is

Persian often places the verb at or near the end of the clause, unlike English.

A more conversational version would often be:

• فکر می‌کنم این راه از اون مسیر بهتره

Common spoken changes:

• من is dropped
• که is dropped
• آن becomes اون
• است becomes ه in بهتره

The original sentence is completely correct, but the spoken version is more casual and common in conversation.

A helpful transliteration is:

• man fekr mikonam ke in râh az ân masir behtar ast

A more natural spoken version might sound like:

• fekr mikonam in râh az un masir behtare

A few pronunciation notes:

• خ does not appear here, so everything is fairly easy for English speakers
• ر in راه and مسیر is a tapped or rolled Persian r
• آ in آن and راه is a long a, like aa
• بهتر is pronounced roughly behtar

Yes. In English, that after I think is often optional, and the same is true for که in Persian.

So these are both fine:

• I think that this road is better than that route
• I think this road is better than that route

Likewise in Persian:

• من فکر می‌کنم که این راه از آن مسیر بهتر است
• من فکر می‌کنم این راه از آن مسیر بهتر است

Both are correct.