Half in Persian (Farsi): Nim

Nim

نیم

NEEM

Half

Nim in a sentence

Real lines from the course, said by the people you meet in it.

Shirin, your older neighbor
Se o nim? Na, chahar o nim!
Half past three? No, half past four!
Module 14, lesson 2
You say
Panj o nim.
Half past five.
Module 14, lesson 4
Saat chahar o nim
At half past four.
Module 14, lesson 5
Nommi, your friend
Haft o nim?
Half past seven?
Module 14, lesson 7
Maman Bozorg, your grandma
Bashe! Shish o nim.
Okay! Half past six.
Module 14, lesson 9

The hour, o, then nim: saat se o nim-e, it's half past three.

Try Se o nim? Na, chahar o nim! (Half past three? No, half past four!)

In Module 14, lesson 2 of the Finglish course ("Half past").

Module 14: What time is it?

Lesson 2: Half past

9 lessons in the module.

Nim comes up in 9 lessons across Modules 14 to 15.

A way to remember

Nim is half: do o nim, two and a half, so half past two.