Speak Lesson 1 | How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing

Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation

Chai & Conversation

Persian, Iran, Conversation, Education, Courses, Language Learning, Farsi, Chai

4.9 • 551 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2010

⏱️ 16 minutes

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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 Bourneuf. If you're new here, you can find out more about our comprehensive language learning program here.

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0:00.0	Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation Lesson 1.
0:07.4	Hello and welcome to Learn Persian with Chaya and Conversation, the podcast for anyone looking to learn conversational Persian.
0:15.2	My name is Leila and I'll be your teacher for the course.
0:18.4	And my name is Matt and I will be learning Persian along with you.
0:22.6	Chaya Conversation will teach you conversational Persian in weekly lessons of about 15 minutes each.
0:28.6	If you know anything about Iranians, they don't do anything without first grabbing a cup of tea, or as they call it,
0:35.6	Chai.
0:36.6	So pour yourself a cup and join us in learning the Persian language.
0:49.4	Hello and welcome to Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation. The point of this podcast is to provide you with a simple, effective, and easy way to learn conversational Persian. As I've said, my name is Leila and I'm joined by Matt. Salam, Matt. Salam. If you've downloaded this program, you're looking for a way to learn to speak and understand Persian.
1:12.7	Now, I was born in Iran, so I am a native Persian speaker.
1:16.6	Even though I moved to Texas when I was four years old, I grew up speaking the language.
1:21.5	I have noticed, however, that there's such a lack of effective learning materials out there for people trying to learn on their own.
1:28.1	And I have been listening to a lot of language learning podcasts over the last few years
1:32.0	and thought we'd create one for people trying to learn conversational Persian.
1:36.2	And even though I grew up in Texas as well, I have a vested interest in learning the Persian
1:40.9	language since I married an Iranian about a year ago.
1:44.2	I feel like learning a language is the best way to open the door into any culture,
1:48.9	and it would be nice to be able to better communicate with my in-laws,
1:52.2	especially her grandparents who don't speak any English at all.
1:56.0	By listening to this podcast, you all are going to be learning quite a bit of Persian,
2:00.0	and I'm going to be learning along with you.
2:02.4	Persian is the predominant language spoken in Iran, but because there's such a large
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