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Module 13: Persian (Farsi) Days of the Week

9 lessons · about 47 min

Name every day of the week, ask what day it is, and say what you do every week.

You'll learn to say

Salam! Emruz chand shanbast?

Hi! What day is it today?

You will meet Shirin, Karan and 2 more

Lesson 1 of 9

9 lessons to learn the days of the week

What you say in each lesson of Module 13

  1. Lesson 1Saturday comes firstShanbe khoobe. Saturday is good.Shirin pins a watering rota on her shed door. Say Saturday and Sunday, and crack yek + shanbe.
  2. Lesson 2Two and threeDoshanbe, seshanbe. Monday, Tuesday.Darya and Som sign up. Build Monday and Tuesday on the dial: do + shanbe, se + shanbe.
  3. Lesson 3Friday stands aloneJome khoobe! Friday is good!Nommi and Karan take Wednesday and Thursday, and Friday has no shanbe in it at all: jome.
  4. Lesson 4The rota blew awayShanbe, yekshanbe, doshanbe, seshanbe. Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.Wind knocks the day cards off the shed door. Put the week back in order and sell herbs.
  5. Lesson 5What day is it today?Salam! Emruz chand shanbast? Hi! What day is it today?Shirin is back from a trip and lost track. Ask and answer: Emruz chand shanbast?
  6. Lesson 6How many shanbe?Chahar rooz. Four days.The chalkboard on the shed: number + shanbe, chand asks the number, and do rooz is not doshanbe.
  7. Lesson 7Every weekHar shanbe khoobe. Every Saturday is good.Shirin hands you the shed key. Say every Saturday, every day, one week: har shanbe, ye hafte.
  8. Lesson 8The garden notebookChaharshanbe, panjshanbe, jome. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.A rainy day with the garden notebook: fill in the week, fix a wrong day, solve the day crossword.
  9. Lesson 9Friday in the gardenYe hafte, haft rooz. One week, seven days.Jome, the harvest party. Everyone calls, texts and comes by: the whole week, every day by name.

Words and phrases in Module 13: Shanbe, Yekshanbe, Doshanbe and more