Module 15 · Lesson 2 of 8
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: Too busy
You will say
Na, mashghulam.
No, I'm busy.
Your host, Nommi
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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 "No, I'm busy" and 1 more line in Persian
2 new Persian words: Mashghul, Mashghulam
Each word has its own page with how it is said and a way to remember it.
Words you bring back in "Too busy": Bikaram, Shish-e, Jome
Words from earlier lessons that this one asks you to use again, so they stay.
14 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.
Pick the word for the gap
Listen to a short line and choose the word that fills the gap.
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 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.
Build it
Pay the exact amount
Count out exactly what you owe.
Swipe sort
Swipe each card into the group where it belongs.
Match the pairs
Join each Finglish word to its meaning.
Combo rush
Tap the matches quickly and keep your combo going.
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
Answer the voice note
Listen to a voice note, then reply.