Module 14 · Lesson 7 of 9
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: I'm late!
You will say
Bebakhshid, dir kardam!
Sorry, I'm late!
Your host, Sara
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- About 6 minutes, 24 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 "Sorry, I'm late!" and 1 more line in Persian
3 new Persian words: Dir, Dir kardam, Dir-e
Each word has its own page with how it is said and a way to remember it.
Words you bring back in "I'm late!": Zud, Key, Saat
Words from earlier lessons that this one asks you to use again, so they stay.
17 kinds of practice in about 6 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
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.
Fill in the fridge note
Complete the note stuck on the fridge.
Swipe sort
Swipe each card into the group where it belongs.
Match the pairs
Join each Finglish word to its meaning.
Think it through
Find the opposite
Find the word that means the opposite.
One phrase, many places
Pick every place a phrase fits.
Word puzzles
Short puzzles: compare two lines, fill in a smudged letter or work out what a word is doing.
Real conversations
Answer the call
Pick up a phone call and choose or say your replies.
Reply to the text
Answer a friend's text message.