Module 2 · Lesson 1 of 10
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: Where are you from?
You will say
Ahle koja-yi?
Where are you from?
Your host, Darya
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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 "Where are you from?" and 2 more lines in Persian
6 new Persian words: Ahle, Koja, Ahle koja-yi?
Each word has its own page with how it is said and a way to remember it.
Words you bring back in "Where are you from?": Khoshbakhtam, Baleh, Chi
Words from earlier lessons that this one asks you to use again, so they stay.
13 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
Flashcards
Flip a new word, hear it and keep it.
Short explainers
A plain note on why a phrase works the way it does.
New word cards
Meet each new word with its sound, its meaning and a way to remember it.
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 letter by letter
Type a word in Finglish as you read it or hear it.
Build it
Match the pairs
Join each Finglish word to its meaning.
Build the sentence
Tap the words in order to build the line.
Think it through
Crack the Lock
Set the dials to build the right word for the moment.
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.