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Lesson 1

Text 
Pronunciation 
Vocabulary 
Grammar 
Excercise 
Excercise Answers

Text

1.  Salãm dust e man. 

2.  Mã emruz Fãrsi yãd migirim. 

3.  Mã bã ham be Fãrsi goftogu mikonim.

4.  Man Šahriar hastam. 

5.  Esm e šomã ci e ? 

6.  Ruz xoš, xodã negahdãr !

Pronunciation

ã		arthur, art
š		shell, she
x		Spanish jose, or Dutch goede
c		chair, check
e		let, check
u		noon, room

Vocabulary

Persian	English	Persian	English
salãm	hello	mikonim	we do
dust	friend	hastam	am
e	of	esm	name
man	I, me	šomã	you plural
dust e man	my friend	esm e šomã	your name
mã	we	ci	what
emruz	today	e	short for ast, is
yãd	memory	ruz	day
migirim	(we) get	xoš	good, happy
yãd migirim	(we) learn	xoda	god
bã	with	negahdãr	keeper
ham	each other	xodã negahdãr	goodbye
be	in
goftogu	conversation, chit-chat

Grammar

The preposition 'e' is used to relate a name to its adjective, or to another name or pronun. It is pronunced like the letter e in the words leg, bed. For example:
```
	dust e Jimmy
```
is Jimmy's friend.
Every verb has two roots or bon. The imperative root, bon e amr, and past tense root, bon e mãzi or gozašteh. Present tense is constructed by adding the prefix mi- to the imperative root, and adding the personal suffix. For example the verb gereftan ( to get):
```
	gir (bon e amr) 

	mi + gir + am 	I get

	mi + gir + i 	yu get 

	mi + gir + ad  	he, she gets 

	mi + gir + im  	we get

	mi + gir + id 	yu get

	mi + gir + and 	they get
```
Like most other Indo-European languages, there are two kinds of verbs, and therefore two kinds of sentences in Persian. Verbs that describe an action, and those that describe a state. If I were to say :
```
	Man migiram ( I get)
```
I would be performing an action. But when I say :
```
	Man Šahriãr hast+am 
```
the verb hastam ( I am) is not describing an action, but a state. Note that the mi prefix is missing in that case.
Šomã is you plural. To is you singular. Šomã is the polite way of referring to your party, especially the first time you meet. To is more informal.

Excercise

Translate the following to Persian :

1.  You (plural) are my friend.

2.  I am your friend.

3.  You are George.

4.  Your name is George.

5.  You are Martha.

6.  Your name is Martha. 

7.  What is my name ?

Excercise Answers

1.  Šomã dust e man hastid.

2.  Man dust e šoma hastam.

3.  Šomã George hastid.

4.  Esm e šomã George e.

5.  Šomã Martha hastid.

6.  Esm e šomã Martha'st. (Martha + ast)

7.  Esm e man ci e ?

Persian is Sugar!  Lesson 2

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