Module 11 · Lesson 2 of 6
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: Rice and chicken
You will say
Polo o morgh, lotfan.
Rice and chicken, please.
Your host, Baba
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- About 5 minutes, 23 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 "Rice and chicken, please" and 3 more lines in Persian
2 new Persian words: Polo, Morgh
Each word has its own page with how it is said and a way to remember it.
Words you bring back in "Rice and chicken": Nahar, Ab, Mikham
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
New word cards
Meet each new word with its sound, its meaning and a way to remember it.
Listen
Listen and pick
Hear a word or line, then pick what it means.
Quick listening round
A fast round of short clips to match with their meanings.
Say it
Say it out loud
Say the line yourself, then rate how it went.
Type it
Put the letters in order
Rebuild a word from letters that were shuffled.
Type it from memory
Type a word or line you met earlier, with nothing on screen to help.
Build it
Name the picture
Match the picture with its word.
Fill the basket
Read a shopping list and fill the basket from it.
Fill in the missing words
Complete a line with the words that are missing.
Combo rush
Tap the matches quickly and keep your combo going.
Think it through
When do you say this?
Pick the moment a phrase fits.
Word puzzles
Short puzzles: compare two lines, fill in a smudged letter or work out what a word is doing.
Odd one out
Spot the word that does not belong, or stick a word ending where it fits.
Real conversations
Answer the voice note
Listen to a voice note, then reply.
Answer the call
Pick up a phone call and choose or say your replies.