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Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation

Chai & Conversation

Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation teaches you conversational Persian in a fun and casual manner in weekly lessons of about 15-20 minutes each. Check out our website chaiandconversation.com for more information.

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Speak Lesson 20 | Review of Unit 2

Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation ·

2011/12/23

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Speak Lesson 19 | How to Talk About Love and Friendship

Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation ·

2011/12/08

In this Persian/Farsi lesson, we learn how to talk about love and friendship. We learn common terms of endearment, how to compliment a loved one, and how to talk about your marital status. We also learn how to say 'I love you' in Farsi, which might be a bit more complicated than you would think. There's not a direct translation of 'I love you.' Rather, you could say 'I am in love with you' (man āsheghetam), or 'I like you' (doostet dāram) which often gets used in the place of 'I love you'

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Speak Lesson 18 | How to Talk About the Time and Weather

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2011/11/12

In Lesson 18, we learn how to talk about the weather, and how to tell what time it is.

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Speak Lesson 17 | How to Describe Things (Includes...

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2011/10/29

In this Persian/Farsi lesson, we learn all about how to describe things. We begin with the colors in the Persian language: black seeyāh سیاهwhite sefeed سِفیدred sorkh سُرخ ghermez قِرمِزorange nāranjee نارَنجیyellow zard زَردgreen sabz سَبزblue ābee آبیpurple banafsh بَنَفشbrown ghahveyee قَهوِیی After that, we go over some common descriptive words, and use them to describe chickens specifically. The descriptive words we go over include:bigsmallquickslownice lookinguglyexpensivecheapAnd

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Speak Lesson 16 | How to Talk More About Food and...

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2011/10/13

It's hard to talk about Persian food without wanting to eat it, so we apologize for this lesson in advance. In this Persian/Farsi lesson, we will go over different mealtimes that come up in every culture, such as: breakfast - sobhāné lunch - nāhār dinner - shām and a few other meals in between. We learn how to call people to a meal, and talk about a few different extremely popular Persian foods. We also learn how to leave a party. In Persian culture, leaving requires a whole ritual- it's

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Speak Lesson 15 | How to Talk to People in a Formal...

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2011/09/29

Continuing with the theme of hosting and being hosted, the theme of this Persian / Farsi lesson is a visit to the in-laws on a Saturday afternoon. We follow Matt on a hypothetical visit to his in-laws house, and a potential conversation as they try to serve him food. We also talk about formal speech- as we've said before, Persian culture errs on the side of formality, especially when talking to elders. Because there's an informal and formal way of addressing 'you', it's very important to

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Speak Lesson 14 | How to Talk About Places Around...

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2011/08/18

In this Persian / Farsi lesson, we learn how to talk about possession. We start the lesson by learning the example of a house (khooné). To say 'my house', you simply say 'khooneyé man'. In order to talk about possession, we have to learn the different words for groups of people, which are:me: manyou (informal): tōyou (formal): shomāour: mātheir: ānhāhis/her: eeshoonWe then learn to ask who owns a certain belonging, and then learn the vocabulary words for different places around town.KEY

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Speak Lesson 13 | How to Host or Be Hosted...

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2011/08/04

in this lesson, we are going to cover the concept of being hosted, either at someone's house or at an establishment. Iranians love to host people. For instance, when you visit someone of Persian decent at their home, they will most likely immediately offer you tea. So in this lesson we learn vocabulary that is associated with hosting or being hosted, including the names of different beverages, and how to offer things to guest or accept offerings. KEY CONCEPTS: Names of beverages you'll be

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Speak Lesson 12 | More Numbers, and the Months, Days...

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2011/07/15

In this Persian / Farsi, we go beyond numbers one through twenty and learn how to say ALL the numbers. In addition, we learn the Persian words for the months of the year, the days of the week, and seasons. This is a very vocabulary rich lesson, so it might take some practice to get all the words commited to memory!KEY CONCEPTS:All numbers and how to put them togetherThe Persian days of the weekThe months of the Western calendarThe seasonsOrdinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.)How to

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Speak Lesson 11 | How to Speak About the Languages...

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2011/06/09

When talking to someone in something other than your native language, it sometimes helps to know what other languages they speak. This not only helps you to learn more about a person, but can also potentially give you insight into other things you have in common with them. In this Persian / Farsi lesson, we learn how to talk about the languages we can speak, learn the words for different languages, and learn to speak about the proficiency with with we speak certain languages. Also,

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Speak Lesson 10 | Review of Unit 1!

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2011/06/03

The FREE 6 Week Learn Persian Bootcamp begins March 25th. Find out more and to sign up here. This is the last lesson in ‘Unit 1′ of Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation. In this lesson, we review all the materials learned before, and learn some extra vocabulary that will help you to communicate effectively in the Persian language! Congratulations on reaching the end of ‘Unit 1′! The bonus materials of this lesson include exercises in which you can review your knowledge of what we've

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Speak Lesson 9 | How to Use Question Words, More...

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2011/05/27

The FREE 6 Week Learn Persian Bootcamp begins March 25th. Find out more and to sign up here. In Iranian culture, family is extremely important. Instead of having just one Persian word for 'aunt' for instance, we have two- there is a different word for the sister of your father (amé) versus the sister of your mother (khālé). So when referring to one or the other, people know exactly whether you are speaking of your maternal or paternal aunt. Similarly, while there is only one word for

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Speak Lesson 8 | How to Talk About Your Likes and...

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2011/05/09

The FREE 6 Week Learn Persian Bootcamp begins March 25th. Find out more and to sign up here. In this Persian (Farsi) lesson, you learn to talk about your likes and dislikes. Also, we will be learning the Persian sound ‘gh’. There are two sounds in the Persian language that you don't hear in English. The first is the sound 'kh' heard in words such as 'khoobam'- we went over this in Lesson 1. The second is the sound 'gh' which we'll be going over in this lesson. We learn it specifically to

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Speak Lesson 7 | How to Talk About Your Job and Where...

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2011/04/27

The FREE 6 Week Learn Persian Bootcamp begins March 25th. Find out more and to sign up here. In this Persian (Farsi) lesson, you learn how to talk about your job, say where you work, and whether or not you like your job. We learn vocabulary for a long list of jobs, including: student engineer lawyer writer architect accountant cook waiter dentist pilot artist We then learn how to combine these words into the phrase saying what we do and asking others what they do for a living. Again, very

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Speak Lesson 6 | How to Talk More About Your Family,...

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2011/04/08

The FREE 6 Week Learn Persian Bootcamp begins March 25th. Find out more and to sign up here. In this Persian (Farsi) language lesson, we expand on introducing family members to others, and we also learn how to count to ten in Persian! Also, we introduce a special guest at the end of the program. If you need a quick reference, the vocabulary for counting from one to ten in Persian is:yek - onedō - twosé - threechāhār (chār for short) - fourpanj - fivesheesh - sixhaft - sevenhasht - eightnoh

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Speak Lesson 5 | How to Talk About Your Family, and...

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2011/03/25

The FREE 6 Week Learn Persian Bootcamp begins March 25th. Find out more and to sign up here. In this Persian (Farsi) lesson, we learn the words for members of your immediate family, and learn how to introduce your family members to other people. We finish off the lesson by learning how to introduce the names of your family members to others. We begin by learning the vocabulary words for several key members of the family in Persian. As you know, family is very important in the Persian

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Speak Lesson 4 | How to Say Where You Live, and...

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2011/02/07

The FREE 6 Week Learn Persian Bootcamp begins March 25th. Find out more and to sign up here. In this Persian (Farsi) lesson, we review all past lesson materials. You'll have a chance to test out your comprehension of the vocabulary learned, and see if you're able to use the words and phrases in the correct context.We also learn the words needed to answer simple questions in the Persian language- essential when having any casual conversation! These words are:Yes (balé)Yeah- more informal

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Speak Lesson 3 | How to Introduce Where You are From,...

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2011/01/21

The FREE 6 Week Learn Persian Bootcamp begins March 25th. Find out more and to sign up here. In the Persian language, there are two different ways of saying 'you'- a formal version (shomā), and an informal version (tō). In this lesson, we learn both forms, and learn when it's appropriate to use them. For instance, when you're talking to a close friend or a family member close to your age, you would use the informal you, tō. When speaking with someone older than you, or someone you should

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Speak Lesson 2 | How to Greet People at Different...

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2011/01/13

The FREE 6 Week Learn Persian Bootcamp begins March 25th. Find out more and to sign up here. In this lesson, we build on the last lesson, and learn how to greet people during different times of the day, several forms of the word goodbye, and how to introduce yourself in the Persian language.

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Speak Lesson 1 | How to Greet People and Ask How...

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2010/12/28

The FREE 6 Week Learn Persian Bootcamp begins March 25th. Find out more and to sign up here. Salām, and welcome to the first-ever Persian (Farsi) language lesson of Chai and Conversation! In this lesson, we learn one of the most important things in any language – how to greet people and ask them how they are doing- in Persian! We also learn a few simple ways to reply when asked how we're doing. In addition, there's a short introduction to the teacher, Leyla Shams, and the student, Matt

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