Module 4 · Lesson 9 of 9
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: Housewarming
You will say
In babam-e.
This is my dad.
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 "This is my dad" and 2 more lines in Persian
Words you bring back in "Housewarming": Mamanam, Babat-e, Baradaram
Words from earlier lessons that this one asks you to use again, so they stay.
16 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.
Listen
Which word did you hear?
Two words that sound close and one clip: pick the one you heard.
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
Type it from memory
Type a word or line you met earlier, with nothing on screen to help.
Type what you hear
Listen, then type the line in Finglish.
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.
Match the pairs
Join each Finglish word to its meaning.
Swipe sort
Swipe each card into the group where it belongs.
Listen and build
Hear a line, then tap its words in order.
Fill in the missing words
Complete a line with the words that are missing.
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 call
Pick up a phone call and choose or say your replies.
React like a friend
Give the short reactions friends give while someone is talking.
Reply to the text
Answer a friend's text message.