Module 14 · Lesson 8 of 9
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: Everyone is late
You will say
Key? Emshab saat shish.
When? Tonight at six.
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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Words you bring back in "Everyone is late": Dir kardam, Dir-e, Zud-e
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.
Listen
Which word did you hear?
Two words that sound close and one clip: pick the one you heard.
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
Type what you hear
Listen, then type the line in Finglish.
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
Match the pairs
Join each Finglish word to its meaning.
Combo rush
Tap the matches quickly and keep your combo going.
Put everyone in their place
Place each person where the sentence says they are.
Crossword
Finish a small crossword with the Finglish words you know.
Pay the exact amount
Count out exactly what you owe.
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.
Real conversations
Reply to the text
Answer a friend's text message.
React like a friend
Give the short reactions friends give while someone is talking.
Answer the voice note
Listen to a voice note, then reply.