Module 6 · Lesson 5 of 7
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: Bijan's chair
You will say
Mishe dobareh begin?
Could you say it again? (formal)
Your host, Ameer
Open "Bijan's chair" with Full Access
- 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 again? (formal)" and 2 more lines in Persian
2 new Persian words: Mishe dobareh begin?, Mishe yavashtar begin?
Each word has its own page with how it is said and a way to remember it.
Words you bring back in "Bijan's chair": Bebakhshid, Mishe yavashtar begi?, Mishe dobareh begi?
Words from earlier lessons that this one asks you to use again, so they stay.
- BebakhshidExcuse me / sorry
- Mishe yavashtar begi?Could you say it slower? (friendly)
- Mishe dobareh begi?Could you say it again? (friendly)
- ShomaYou (formal)
- ChetorinHow are you? (formal)
- TehranTehran
- Zendegi mikoniYou live
- Ahle koja-yin?Where are you from? (formal)
- FahmidiDid you get it?
- NafahmidamI didn't understand
- NarahatUpset
- KhasteTired
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.
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
Type it from memory
Type a word or line you met earlier, with nothing on screen to help.
Build it
Build the sentence
Tap the words in order to build the line.
Fill in the missing words
Complete a line with the words that are missing.
Swipe sort
Swipe each card into the group where it belongs.
Match the pairs
Join each Finglish word to its meaning.
Remember the phrase
See a phrase for a moment, then rebuild it.
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.
One phrase, many places
Pick every place a phrase fits.
Real conversations
Reply to the text
Answer a friend's text message.