Module 14 · Lesson 1 of 9
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: The backstage clock
You will say
Saat do-e.
It's two o'clock.
Your host, Sara
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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 "It's two o'clock" and 3 more lines in Persian
2 new Persian words: Saat, Saat chand-e?
Each word has its own page with how it is said and a way to remember it.
Words you bring back in "The backstage clock": Emruz, Panjshanbe, To
Words from earlier lessons that this one asks you to use again, so they stay.
16 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
Listen and pick
Hear a word or line, then pick what it means.
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
Build the sentence
Tap the words in order to build the line.
Combo rush
Tap the matches quickly and keep your combo going.
Match the pairs
Join each Finglish word to its meaning.
Swipe sort
Swipe each card into the group where it belongs.
Listen and build
Hear a line, then tap its words in order.
Fill in the fridge note
Complete the note stuck on the fridge.
Think it through
Word puzzles
Short puzzles: compare two lines, fill in a smudged letter or work out what a word is doing.
Crack the Lock
Set the dials to build the right word for the moment.
Real conversations
Reply to the text
Answer a friend's text message.