Module 9 · Lesson 3 of 6
Persian Lesson: Cold water, or the water is cold?
You will say
Na, sard-e!
No, it's cold!
Your host, Som
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- About 5 minutes, 20 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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Words you bring back in "Cold water, or the water is cold?": Sard, Daghe, Chai
Words from earlier lessons that this one asks you to use again, so they stay.
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
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.
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.
Type it from memory
Type a word or line you met earlier, with nothing on screen to help.
Build it
Swipe sort
Swipe each card into the group where it belongs.
Fill in the fridge note
Complete the note stuck on the fridge.
Combo rush
Tap the matches quickly and keep your combo going.
Think it through
Word puzzles
Short puzzles: compare two lines, fill in a smudged letter or work out what a word is doing.
Slice It
Cut a word into its pieces and see what each piece does.
Crack the Lock
Set the dials to build the right word for the moment.
Odd one out
Spot the word that does not belong, or stick a word ending where it fits.
Real conversations
Answer the voice note
Listen to a voice note, then reply.
Answer the call
Pick up a phone call and choose or say your replies.
Reply to the text
Answer a friend's text message.