Speak Lesson 65 | Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation
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🗓️ 1 May 2020
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In this vocabulary sprint lesson, Leyla and her husband Chris go over Persian/ Farsi vocabulary associated with food. Food is an important topic of conversation in Persian culture, as Iranians have a rich history of gathering and celebrating food. In this lesson, we go over different important dishes in Persian culture, such as ghormé sabzi, fesenjoon, and kabob. In addition, we learn the words for different mealtimes. These are:
- Breakfast - sobhāné
- Lunch - nāhar
- Afternoon snack - asrooné
- Dinner - shām
In addition, we talk about drinks, and different parts of a meal such as appetizers and desserts. There are so many topics to cover about Persian food, so in this lesson, we try to get you started with a good selection of vocabulary.
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| 0:00.0 | Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation Lesson 82. |
| 0:27.0 | Hello and welcome to lesson 82 of Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation. So this is our vocabulary sprint unit and we are covering food today. |
| 0:33.6 | But before we get into that, let me introduce my wonderful co-host. |
| 0:37.1 | And that is my husband, Chris. |
| 0:39.3 | Salam, Chris. |
| 0:40.1 | Salam! |
| 0:41.2 | And so this is one of our favorite topics of conversation. |
| 0:45.5 | Who doesn't love food? |
| 0:46.6 | I mean, this is really the quintessential aspect of cultural sharing, in my opinion. |
| 0:53.0 | It really is. |
| 0:54.0 | It really is. I mean, there's also music and the arts |
| 0:56.6 | and everything, but really the fastest way to someone's heart is through food, I think. That's right. |
| 1:00.9 | When you think about, you know, other cultures, a lot of times the first thing you think about |
| 1:05.2 | is what kind of food these other cultures eat. That's true. And I'd say Iranian food is kind of an underappreciated and kind of sleeper type of food. |
| 1:16.4 | We keep waiting for it to become the next big thing and it hasn't happened yet. |
| 1:21.1 | I mean, it's amazing. |
| 1:22.2 | It's such a unique flavor profile. |
| 1:26.4 | It's sweet and sour together. |
| 1:28.9 | Very, what's the word? |
| 1:30.5 | Substantial. |
| 1:31.8 | But it's also pretty acceptable to Western palate, right? |
| 1:35.2 | Oh, absolutely. |
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