Module 9 · Lesson 2 of 6
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: The long counter
You will say
Do ta ab-e sard, lotfan.
Two cold waters, please.
Your host, Som
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- About 4 minutes, 19 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 "Two cold waters, please" and 2 more lines in Persian
Words you bring back in "The long counter": Chai, Mikham, Lotfan
Words from earlier lessons that this one asks you to use again, so they stay.
14 kinds of practice in about 4 minutes
Every lesson mixes hearing, saying, typing and playing, so each phrase is used a few different ways before it is done.
Meet it
Short explainers
A plain note on why a phrase works the way it does.
Listen
Which word did you hear?
Two words that sound close and one clip: pick the one you heard.
Quick listening round
A fast round of short clips to match with their meanings.
Pick the word for the gap
Listen to a short line and choose the word that fills the gap.
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
Type it in Finglish
See the English and type the line in Finglish.
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.
Fill in the fridge note
Complete the note stuck on the fridge.
Swipe sort
Swipe each card into the group where it belongs.
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.