Ten (10) in Persian (Farsi): Dah

Dah in a sentence

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

1. Ameer, your friend

   Dah ta chai, lotfan!

   Ten teas, please!

   Module 3, lesson 6

2. Armeen, your friend

   Kheyli khoob! Dah ta!

   Very good! All ten!

   Module 7, lesson 7

3. Ameer

   Dah ta chai ba ghand mikham!

   I want ten teas with sugar!

   Module 9, lesson 4

4. Shirin, your older neighbor

   Saat dah.

   At ten.

   Module 14, lesson 6

5. Nommi, your friend

   Bashe, saat dah miam!

   Okay, I'm coming at ten!

   Module 15, lesson 8

When to say Dah

Ten teas: dah ta chai. Hold up both hands.

Dah in the count from one to ten

Before 10

Noh (9)

More about Dah

Dah is ten, the last number in the first count. The memory hook gives you a trick to tell it from Do, which is two: listen for the a. Ten of a thing is dah ta chai, as in Dah ta chai, lotfan! or Dah ta chai ba ghand mikham, I want ten teas with sugar. It is taught in Module 3, lesson 6, in the lesson called Nine, ten, which closes the first run of numbers. After this lesson you can count from one to ten and order any of those quantities with ta, which is the pattern you will keep using in later modules.

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