Speak Lesson 16 | How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals
Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation
Chai & Conversation
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🗓️ 13 October 2011
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
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 not a simple process. So for instance, Iranians never simply say they have to go. Instead, they use the phrase 'bāyad yavāsh yavāsh beram,' which literally means 'I have to slowly, slowly go.' This begins the incremental process of leaving. They use the phrase a few times in order to warn the host that they're about to leave. It takes a few more steps to actually accoplish this task however, such as getting up, standing by the door for a while, standing by the car for a while, etc. Iranians just like to keep the party going.
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| 0:00.0 | Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation Lesson 16. |
| 0:07.5 | Hello and welcome to Learn Persian with Chaya in Conversation, the podcast for anyone looking to learn conversational Persian. |
| 0:15.4 | My name is Leila and I'll be your teacher for the course. |
| 0:18.5 | 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, |
| 0:34.6 | or as they call it, Chai. |
| 0:36.6 | So pour yourself a cup and join us in learning the Persian language. |
| 0:49.1 | Hello everyone and welcome back to Chai in conversation. |
| 0:53.2 | We're glad to have you with us. |
| 0:55.5 | Traditionally, Iranians have held guests in high regards, seeing them as gifts from God. |
| 1:01.5 | So hosting is an especially important concept in Iranian culture. |
| 1:06.1 | We've spent a couple of weeks so far learning vocabulary that is centered around hosting, |
| 1:11.6 | and today we are going to learn vocabulary that centers around food. |
| 1:15.6 | Food is an especially important part of Persian culture, with many traditions centering |
| 1:20.6 | around meals and eating. |
| 1:21.6 | In this lesson, we'll learn the vocabulary for different meal times, as well as the names |
| 1:26.6 | of several different common dishes. |
| 1:29.1 | As always, remember that you can find bonus materials for this lesson, as well as all of our |
| 1:34.4 | previous lessons on the website at cha and Conversation.com, with chai spelled C-H-A-I. |
| 1:42.2 | These include the extremely helpful PDF guides that includes a vocabulary list of all the words we'll be learning today. |
| 1:50.0 | But enough of that for now. Matt, Hauzzetti berida-dars? Are you ready for the lesson? |
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