Module 14 · Lesson 2 of 9
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: Half past
You will say
Saat se o nim-e.
It's half past three.
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 half past three" and 1 more line in Persian
2 new Persian words: Nim, Nim-e
Each word has its own page with how it is said and a way to remember it.
Words you bring back in "Half past": Saat, Nafahmidam, Fahmidam
Words from earlier lessons that this one asks you to use again, so they stay.
17 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.
Listen and pick
Hear a word or line, then pick what it means.
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.
Type it in Finglish
See the English and type the line in Finglish.
Build it
Combo rush
Tap the matches quickly and keep your combo going.
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.
Odd one out
Spot the word that does not belong, or stick a word ending where it fits.
Crack the Lock
Set the dials to build the right word for the moment.
Find the part in the message
Tap the part of a message that says what you are looking for.
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.