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I can hear how you work, practicing hard
Playing night and day, woah-oh
And it sounds better now
Yes, you improve every time you play, woah-oh
But it's bad
You're so sad
And you're only smiling
When you play your violin

Dum-dum-diddle, to be your fiddle
To be so near you and not just hear you
Dum-dum-diddle, to be your fiddle
I think then maybe you'd see me, baby
You'd be mine
And we'd be together all the time
Wish I was, dum-dum-diddle, your darling fiddle
But I think you don't know that I exist
I'm the quiet kind, woah-oh
From the day when I first listened to you
You've been on my mind, woah-oh
You don't care
It's not fair
And you're only smiling
When you play your violin

Dum-dum-diddle, to be your fiddle
To be so near you and not just hear you
Dum-dum-diddle, to be your fiddle
I think then maybe you'd see me, baby
You'd be mine
And we'd be together all the time
Dum-dum-diddle, to be your fiddle
To be so near you and not just hear you

There's a lucky man who'll take you faraway,
faraway, so very very faraway
he will come some day
To another land he'll take you faraway
faraway, so very very faraway
this will come they say

Nobody knows, who will share
all your love pure and fair
but in your eyes I can see
that someone will be me

Who will catch your heart my lovely
who can say, who can say
from tomorrow you will stay
more than just a day

To another land he'll take you faraway,
faraway, so very very faraway
love will show the way
Nobody knows, who will share
all your love pure and fair
but in your eyes I can see
that someone will be me



مرد خوشبختی وجود دارد که تو را به دور دست ها خواهد برد
دور دست ها، خیلی خیلی دور دست ها
او روزی خواهد آمد
و تو را به سرزمینی دیگر در دور دست ها خواهد برد
به دور دست ها، خیلی خیلی دور دست ها
آنها میگویند آمدنی خواهد بود

هیچکس نمی داند، چه کسی در تمام عشقت بطور خالص و حقیقی سهیم خواهد شد
ولی من میتوانم در چشمانت ببینم

Welcome back!

So far, we have learned eight letters as far as the alphabet is concerned. Do you remember the letters? Excellent! Now, pronounce them again before we proceed.



If you still need to listen to their pronunciations, click here.

Alef to He

Remember that a building will remain strong if it has got a strong foundation. The more you try to learn these basics, the more fluent you will be with the rest of the lessons. Don’t be so hasty to learn complete words and sentences at this stage. You will find yourself fluent very soon.

Today, we are going to learn some more letters. Ready? Let’s begin.

9- – this letter has no English equivalent. Do you know the pronunciation of ‘J’ in Spanish words like Juan Gonzales? Perfect! So, this letter is called /khe/. /kh/ as /j/ in Spanish Juan, and /e/ as e in set. Need help? Click here.

Khe

Like other letters, when combined with the vowels, it may be pronounced as .

Click here to listen.

All Khe

Quiz:
1- Listen to the audio files first (preferably once). Repeat it for a couple of times. Write it down on a paper. Find their English equivalents. (Seen)

One

One

Two

Two

Three

Three

2- Find the Persian equivalent for the following words and make four sentences with each of them (one in simple past tense, one in present perfect tense using ‘for’, one in simple future tense, and one in past perfect tense).

To start
To finish
Job
To water

3- Say these numbers in Persian:

63 – 48 – 2222 – 1090 – 565402 – 67067

Quiz:
1- Listen to the audio files first (preferably once). Repeat it for a couple of times. Write it down on a paper. Find their English equivalents. (Seen)

One

One

Two

Two

Three

Three

2- Find the Persian equivalent for the following words and make four sentences with each of them (one in simple past tense, one in present perfect tense using ‘for’, one in simple future tense, and one in past perfect tense).

Summer
Next summer
Composition

3- Say these numbers in Persian:

728 – 112 – 9009 – 3111 – 4056 – 10262

4- Follow the examples, combine the letters, and make words using the given letters. You’ll have to change the big letters into the small ones whenever needed.

Friend <= /du:st/ < ==

Book <= /keta:b/ < ==

To give <= /da:dæn/< ==

To steal <= /dozdidæn/ < ==

Lady <= /kha:nom/ < ==

Light (Lamp) <= /la:mp/ < ==

Pencil <= /meda:d/ < ==

Before we start today, let me answer to one of your questions first.

Question:
In drills for week 15 under section A: my brother sold

How do I translate this?

I’m asking because if I translate this to ‘bara:daram foru:khtan’ and translate it back I get ‘My brother to sell’. On the other hand if I translate this to ‘bara:daram foru:khtam’ I will get ‘My brother I sold’.

Answer:
I am sure most of you know the answer. So, let’s answer to his question together before he sells his poor brother!

Delete /nu:n/ from the end of infinitives to make a verb in simple past tense.

Here, delete /nu:n/ from the end of /foru:khtæn/ to have /foru:kht/, which is a verb in simple past tense.

As you know, each verb has a suffix that represents our subjects. For example, if we put /mæ/ at the end of /foru:kht/ we will get /foru:khtæm/, which means /mæn foru:khtæm/ = I sold.

All right,

Today we are going to learn a very simple pattern in Persian. See the following examples:

A- I should have known it.

B- You should have known it.

C- He should have told you.

And similar patterns.

In Persian, we have a very simple pattern for this structure. Let’s do it step by step.

1- Find the main verb in your sentence. (In the above sentences, Know and Tell are main verbs).

2- Change the main verb into Simple Past tense (EX: To know [something] = /da:nestæn/. Delete /nu:n/, and you will have /da:nest/, which is in simple past tense). Or, (To Tell = /goftæn/. Delete /nu:n/, and you will have /goft/, which is in simple past tense).

3- Put /mi/ before this simple past tense. (Ex: /mi da:nest/ – OR /mi goft/).

Mum māmān مامان
Boy / Son pesar پِسَر
My boy / My son pesaram پِسَرَم
Morning sobh صُبح
Good Morning sobh bekheyr صُبح بِه خِیر
Dear (literally 'soul') jān جان
How are you? (informal) chetor hasti? چِطور هَستی؟
How is it? chetor ast? چِطور اَست
Good khub خوب
I am good / I am fine khub hastam خوب هستم
Thank you very much kheyli mamnun خِیلی مَمنون
Your present state (informal, spoken) hālet حالِت
Your present state (informal) hāl-e to حالِ تو
Bad bad بَد
I'm not bad bad nistam بَد نیستَم
God khodā خُدا
Goodbye khodā hāfez خُدا حافظ
Goodbye khodā negahdār خُدانِگَهدار
Thanks mersi مِرسی
Feeling / State hāl حال
Thank you mamnun مَمنون
Very / a lot kheyli خِیلی
You (singular) are hasti هَستی
How chetor چِطور

Hello everyone, Welcome back!

I hope all of you are doing well with the lessons and have made good progress.

Unfortunately, due to some reasons, I had to close the Persian samples page from this week. I am totally aware that this page has been one of your favorite pages since the very beginning. Please understand my situation and don’t get angry with me!

I have just added a link to my Links page, which has some great poems including ‘Fairies’ of Ahmad Shamlu in English. I am sure you will like it. You may find it on Links page this week.

All right,

As always for many weeks, let’s do the quiz first.

Quiz:
1- Listen to the audio files first (preferably once). Repeat it for a couple of times. Write it down on a paper. Find their English equivalents. (Seen)

One

One

Two

Two

Three

Three

Welcome back!

I hope you are enjoying these lessons. I will be thankful if you let me know about your suggestions



Last week, we studied long vowels with the help of three letters , , and . I hope you remember the previous lessons. Don’t worry if you are not so fluent at this stage.

As you know, Rome was not built in one day! Remember that where there is a will, there is a way. All I can say is that you will not be able to find an online method to learn Persian, which is easier than this. Keep practicing, and you will see your progress in near future.

Now, let’s begin.

Zero (0) sefr (0) صفر (۰)
One (1) yek (1) یک (١)
Two (2) do (2) دو (۲)
Three (3) se (3) سه (۳)
Four (4) chahār (4) چهار (۴)
Five (5) panj (5) پنج (۵)
Six (6) shesh (6) شش (۶)
Seven (7) haft (7) هفت (۷)
Eight (8) hasht (8) هشت (۸)
Nine (9) noh (9) نه (۹)
Ten (10) dah (10) ده (۱۰)
Eleven (11) yāzdah (11) یازده (۱۱)
Twelve (12) davāzdah (12) دوازده (۱۲)
Thirteen (13) sizdah (13) سیزده (۱۳)
Fourteen (14) chahārdah (14) چهارده (۱۴)
Fifteen (15) pānzdah (15) پانزده (۱۵)
Sixteen (16) shānzdah (16) شانزده (۱۶)
Seventeen (17) hefdah (17) هفده (۱۷)
Eighteen (18) hejdah (18) هجده (۱۸)
Nineteen (19) nūzdah (19) نوزده (۱۹)
Twenty (20) bist (20) بیست (۲۰)
Rearrange these numbers below so they are in the correct order, starting with the smallest number at the top.
۸
۳
۶
۲
۵
۹
١
۷
۰
۴

Today, we are going to learn something a bit different and that is the Persian calendar.



Today, we are going to learn the name of the seasons and the months in Persian. Probably, you will find the words a little bit difficult to remember since they are new words. But, don’t be afraid! You can do it!

Let’s start with the seasons first.

As it is the case in most other places, we have four seasons in Iran. The year starts with spring and ends with winter.

Spring starts on March 20. So, winter ends one day before it!

So far so good? Good!!

The four seasons are as follows:

Spring = /bæha:r/.

Bahar

Summer = /ta:besta:n/.

Tabestan

Autumn = /pa: i:z/.

Paeez

Winter = /zemesta:n/.

Zemestan

Each season has three months.

The months of spring or /bæha:r/ are:

/færværdin/.

Farvardin

/ordibehesht/.

Ordibehesht

/khorda:d/.

Khordad

The months of summer or /ta:besta:n/ are:

/tir/.

Tir

/morda:d/.

Mordad

Quiz
1- Listen to the audio files first (preferably once). Repeat it for a couple of times. Write it down on a paper. Find their English equivalents. (Seen)

One

One

Two

Two

Three

Three

2- Find the Persian equivalent for the following words and make seven sentences with each of them (one in simple past tense, negative in simple past, interrogative in simple past, one in present perfect tense, negative in present perfect tense, one using ‘for’, and one with ‘since’).

Bridge
Ugly
Bad
Beautiful
Big
Small
To steal
To hurt

3- Say these numbers in Persian:

40 – 60 – 30 – 64 – 231 – 1364 – 64231 – 230460

All right,

So far, we have successfully learned simple past tense as well as present perfect tense. I think we are now ready to take another step in our learning. Today, we are going to learn a new tense, which is Simple Future Tense.

Before beginning lesson two, I think it’s necessary to mention that each lesson is the continuation of the previous one. Consequently, you may find yourself unable to understand the new lessons perfectly if you ignore the previous lessons. So, I strongly recommend that you study the lessons step by step without skipping any of them. I’m sure you will make great progress in near future if you follow the instructions. In the case you followed the instructions as you are being told and still found it difficult to learn, then you would have the right to angrily blame me for wasting your time and I would certainly shut down this site forever! It’s a deal!

Lesson 2 (Welcome back!)
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