Module 4 · Lesson 1 of 9
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: Mom and dad
You will say
Salam, maman!
Hi, Mom!
Your host, Som
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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 "Hi, Mom!" and 1 more line in Persian
6 new Persian words: Maman, Baba, Mamanam
Each word has its own page with how it is said and a way to remember it.
Words you bring back in "Mom and dad": Esmet, Salam, Merci
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
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.
Quick listening round
A fast round of short clips to match with their meanings.
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.
Build it
Match the pairs
Join each Finglish word to its meaning.
Pay the exact amount
Count out exactly what you owe.
Swipe sort
Swipe each card into the group where it belongs.
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.
Slice It
Cut a word into its pieces and see what each piece does.
Real conversations
Reply to the text
Answer a friend's text message.
Answer the voice note
Listen to a voice note, then reply.