Speak Lesson 3 | How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You

Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation

Chai & Conversation

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

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🗓️ 21 January 2011

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

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 show respect for, you use the formal version, shomā. Iranian culture places a high value on respect, so when in doubt, err on the side of formality. In the podcast, we talk more about this so that you are confident with your choice of which to use. In addition to the different forms of you, we go over some questions you can ask using the formal or information versions of you. These include:

And you?
What is your name?

Another wonderful topic of conversation and good way to get to know others is by asking them where they're from. This is a great topic of conversation no matter where in the world you are. We'll learn the formal and informal way of asking. The phrases learned in this section include:

Where are you from? (informal)
Where are you from? (formal)
I am from ________

We also learn a list of countries and how to say them in the Persian language. The countries learned in this lesson include:

Iran (pronounced ee-rān)
the United States
Spain
England
Germany
France
Mexico

We also include several other countries in the bonus vocabulary.

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0:00.0	Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation Lesson 3.
0:07.5	Hello and welcome to Learn Persian with Chaya and 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, 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.
0:47.3	Welcome back to Chai and Conversation.
0:51.3	If you're like me, you're here to learn conversational Persian at a beginning level. As we've said before, Chai and Conversation. If you're like me, you're here to learn conversational Persian at a
0:55.3	beginning level. As we've said before, chai and conversation builds on vocabulary learned in
1:01.2	previous lessons. So make sure you're caught up before listening to Lesson 3. You can find previous
1:07.3	podcasts on iTunes, or you can download them directly from our website,
1:12.4	chai and Conversation.com, with chai spelled C-H-A-I.
1:18.0	On our website, you'll find plenty more learning materials such as PDF guides and
1:23.3	enhanced podcasts. The PDF guides and enhanceds both feature the words we learned spelled
1:29.5	out phonetically in English so that you can be sure you are saying them correctly.
1:34.4	And now let's get on with the lesson. Yes, let's begin to learn Persian with Chai and Conversation.
1:50.1	So last time on Chai and Conversation, we were learning how to introduce ourselves and to say,
1:51.2	My name is.
1:55.0	Matt, do you remember how to say, my name is Matt?
1:57.9	Esmeman Matt hast.
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