Module 8 · Lesson 1 of 8
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: The hottest day
You will say
Teshnam. Ab mikham.
I'm thirsty. I want water.
Your host, Sara
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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 "I'm thirsty. I want water" and 3 more lines in Persian
3 new Persian words: Mikham, Ab, Abe
Each word has its own page with how it is said and a way to remember it.
Words you bring back in "The hottest day": Kheyli, Teshnam, Na
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
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
Put the letters in order
Rebuild a word from letters that were shuffled.
Build it
Name the picture
Match the picture with its word.
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.
Fill in the fridge note
Complete the note stuck on the fridge.
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.
Real conversations
Answer the voice note
Listen to a voice note, then reply.
Reply to the text
Answer a friend's text message.