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The ski lodge · Chapter 3

Module 9: Persian (Farsi) Hot and Cold Drinks

6 lessons · about 29 min

Ask for it hot or cold, link a drink to how it is, say the tea is hot, order with or without milk and sugar, and ask for one more.

You'll learn to say

Ye shir-e garm, lotfan.

A warm milk, please.

You will meet Som, Baba Bozorg and 2 more

Lesson 1 of 6

6 lessons to order hot, cold, with or without

What you say in each lesson of Module 9

  1. Lesson 1Frozen handsGhahve, garm, lotfan. Coffee, warm, please.Snow all morning. You and Som come in from the slopes: say cold, burning hot and warm.
  2. Lesson 2The long counterDo ta ab-e sard, lotfan. Two cold waters, please.Nommi works the lodge counter. Link a drink to how hot it is: ab-e sard, shir-e garm.
  3. Lesson 3Cold water, or the water is cold?Na, sard-e! No, it's cold!Baba Bozorg calls from home. One -e links, one -e says is: ab-e sard, chai dagh-e.
  4. Lesson 4With milk, no sugarBedune ghand, lotfan. Without sugar, please.Sara and Ameer arrive and you take the group order: ba shir, bedune ghand.
  5. Lesson 5One more roundYe dige, ba ghand. One more, with sugar.Bijan, the barber, is at the lodge too. Ask for ye dige and pay for the round.
  6. Lesson 6Last roundYe shir-e garm, bedune ghand. A warm milk, no sugar.The bus home leaves soon. One last round for everyone, hot, cold, with or without.

Words and phrases in Module 9: Garm, Sard, Dagh and more