Module 1 · Lesson 5 of 7
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: Yes, no, please
You will say
Chai, lotfan.
Tea, please.
Your host, Maman Bozorg
Start "Yes, no, please" free
- 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 "Tea, please" and 2 more lines in Persian
4 new Persian words: Baleh, Na, Lotfan
Each word has its own page with how it is said and a way to remember it.
Words you bring back in "Yes, no, please": Khoobam, Merci, Shoma
Words from earlier lessons that this one asks you to use again, so they stay.
15 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
Flashcards
Flip a new word, hear it and keep it.
New word cards
Meet each new word with its sound, its meaning and a way to remember it.
Listen
Which word did you hear?
Two words that sound close and one clip: pick the one you heard.
Quick listening round
A fast round of short clips to match with their meanings.
Listen and pick
Hear a word or line, then pick what it means.
Pick the word for the gap
Listen to a short line and choose the word that fills the gap.
Say it
Say it out loud
Say the line yourself, then rate how it went.
Type it
Type it in Finglish
See the English and type the line in Finglish.
Build it
Build the sentence
Tap the words in order to build the line.
Swipe sort
Swipe each card into the group where it belongs.
Fill in the fridge note
Complete the note stuck on the fridge.
Think it through
Find the opposite
Find the word that means the opposite.
Word puzzles
Short puzzles: compare two lines, fill in a smudged letter or work out what a word is doing.
Real conversations
Answer the voice note
Listen to a voice note, then reply.
Reply to the text
Answer a friend's text message.