Than: comparison through se
To compare two things is simple: the one compared against takes the tail se, and the adjective stays as it is. Ghar station se door hai — "the house, than the station, far is": literally "the house from the station distant". For example: “گھر اسٹیشن سے دور ہے” — The house is farther than the station. A rule from the Urdu course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
To compare two things is simple: the one compared against takes the tail se, and the adjective stays as it is. Ghar station se door hai — "the house, than the station, far is": literally "the house from the station distant".
No endings and no special forms: "farther" here is the same word as "far", "hotter" the same as "hot". Only se does the work, standing after what is compared against.
The order is: what we compare — se — against what — the adjective — the verb. Chaai paani se garam hai — the tea is hotter than the water: the tea, from the water, hot, is.
And "the most of all" is the same link with sab in front: "of all" plus se. The same se holds the comparison, the superlative and the count — "from ten" — as well.
Table
| what | compared against | result |
|---|---|---|
| گھر — the house | اسٹیشن سے | دور — farther |
| بازار — the bazaar | گھر سے | دور — farther |
| چائے — the tea | پانی سے | گرم — hotter |
| کراچی — Karachi | لاہور سے | دور — farther |
By example
- گھر اسٹیشن سے دور ہےghar steshan se dur haiThe house is farther than the station
- بازار گھر سے دور ہےbazar ghar se dur haiThe bazaar is farther than the house
- چائے پانی سے گرم ہےchai pani se garam haiThe tea is hotter than the water
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Than: how does it work in Urdu?
To compare two things is simple: the one compared against takes the tail se, and the adjective stays as it is. Ghar station se door hai — "the house, than the station, far is": literally "the house from the station distant".
What does it look like in a Urdu example sentence?
“گھر اسٹیشن سے دور ہے” (ghar steshan se dur hai) — The house is farther than the station. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.