Module 1 · Lesson 4 of 7
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: Ask Baba Bozorg how he is
You will say
Salam, chetorin?
Hi, how are you? (formal)
Your host, Maman Bozorg
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- About 5 minutes, 22 short screens.
- Persian in English letters (Finglish): no alphabet to learn first.
- Everyday spoken Persian, the way people talk in Tehran.
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Say "Hi, how are you? (formal)" and 2 more lines in Persian
3 new Persian words: Chetorin, Shoma, To
Each word has its own page with how it is said and a way to remember it.
Words you bring back in "Ask Baba Bozorg how he is": Khoobi, Khoobam, Merci
Words from earlier lessons that this one asks you to use again, so they stay.
14 kinds of practice in about 5 minutes
Every lesson mixes hearing, saying, typing and playing, so each phrase is used a few different ways before it is done.
Meet it
New word cards
Meet each new word with its sound, its meaning and a way to remember it.
Short explainers
A plain note on why a phrase works the way it does.
Listen
Pick the word for the gap
Listen to a short line and choose the word that fills the gap.
Which word did you hear?
Two words that sound close and one clip: pick the one you heard.
Say it
Say it out loud
Say the line yourself, then rate how it went.
Type it
Type it from memory
Type a word or line you met earlier, with nothing on screen to help.
Type it in Finglish
See the English and type the line in Finglish.
Build it
Match the pairs
Join each Finglish word to its meaning.
Fill in the missing words
Complete a line with the words that are missing.
Think it through
Word puzzles
Short puzzles: compare two lines, fill in a smudged letter or work out what a word is doing.
Slice It
Cut a word into its pieces and see what each piece does.
One phrase, many places
Pick every place a phrase fits.
Real conversations
Answer the voice note
Listen to a voice note, then reply.
Reply to the text
Answer a friend's text message.