Module 6 · Lesson 4 of 7
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: Slower, please
You will say
Mishe yavashtar begi?
Could you say it slower?
Your host, Ameer
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- About 5 minutes, 21 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 "Could you say it slower?" and 3 more lines in Persian
3 new Persian words: Yavashtar, Yavash, Mishe yavashtar begi?
Each word has its own page with how it is said and a way to remember it.
Words you bring back in "Slower, please": Fahmidam, Baba, Maman
Words from earlier lessons that this one asks you to use again, so they stay.
15 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.
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.
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 missing words
Complete a line with the words that are missing.
Pay the exact amount
Count out exactly what you owe.
Crossword
Finish a small crossword with the Finglish words you know.
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.
Answer the call
Pick up a phone call and choose or say your replies.