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The pool snack bar · Chapter 3

Module 8: Persian (Farsi) I Want, I Don't Want

8 lessons · about 41 min

Say what you want and do not want, ask a friend or an elder what they want, and order drinks by the number.

You'll learn to say

Teshnam. Ab mikham.

I'm thirsty. I want water.

You will meet Sara, Ameer and 4 more

Lesson 1 of 8

8 lessons to say what you want and order a drink

What you say in each lesson of Module 8

  1. Lesson 1The hottest dayTeshnam. Ab mikham. I'm thirsty. I want water.Forty degrees at the public pool. Say you are thirsty and that you want water: mi + kha + m.
  2. Lesson 2What do you want?Man abmive mikham. To chi? I want juice. What about you?Nommi drips on your towel. Ask a friend Chi mikhay?, order juice, and point at yourself with man.
  3. Lesson 3The polite wayAb mikhayn? Do you want water?The grandparents arrive thirsty. Offer an elder a drink with mikhayn?, next to mikonin.
  4. Lesson 4No, thanksNa, merci, nemikham. No, thanks, I don't want it.Ameer pushes hot coffee on the hottest day. Say nemikham, no thanks, and bashe, okay.
  5. Lesson 5Baba Bozorg's sugar cubeGhand mikhayn? Do you want sugar?Baba Bozorg wants hot tea with sugar, Maman Bozorg wants milk. Offer both the polite way.
  6. Lesson 6Rush hourChanta ab? How many waters?Bijan burns his hand, so you run the snack bar window: number + ta + drink, and a short Do ta?
  7. Lesson 7Know it, want itNemidunam! Ye lahze. I don't know! One moment.Armeen, the new lifeguard, takes his break at the window. One mi-, three middles: know, want and do, and ne- for not.
  8. Lesson 8Last callAb mikham. Ghahve nemikham. I want water. I don't want coffee.Closing time: order for everyone, say what you want and do not want, and finally tell Bijan your name.

Words and phrases in Module 8: Mikham, Ab, Abe and more