Seven (7) in Persian (Farsi): Haft

Haft in a sentence

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

1. Baba, your dad

   Haft ta?

   Seven?

   Module 3, lesson 5

2. Shirin, your older neighbor

   Khoobam, merci! Shish ta... na, haft ta!

   I'm good, thanks! Six... no, seven!

   Module 3, lesson 7

3. Ameer, your friend

   Chanta chai? Haft ta?

   How many teas? Seven?

   Module 6, lesson 4

4. Karan, your friend

   Jome, haft ta chai!

   Friday, seven teas!

   Module 13, lesson 3

5. Shirin

   Jome! Chanta chai? Haft ta?

   Friday! How many teas? Seven?

   Module 13, lesson 9

When to say Haft

The ta comes after the number: haft ta chai, seven teas.

Haft in the count from one to ten

Before 7

Shish (6)

After 7

Hasht (8)

More about Haft

Haft is seven. Its neighbour hasht is eight, and the course's memory hook keeps them apart by the sh in hasht. In the count it comes after shish (six). Seven of a thing is haft ta chai, with ta between the number and the thing. It is taught in Module 3, lesson 5, the lesson that runs six, seven, eight together, so the three similar sounds are practised side by side. You hear it in real exchanges such as Haft ta? and Chanta chai? Haft ta? where someone checks a count back, which is exactly where numbers matter in everyday conversation.

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