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Lesson 8

Text 
Pronunciation 
Vocabulary 
Grammar 
Exercise 
Exercise Answers

Text

1. Ce xune ye qašangi !
2. Nãhãrxori o ãšpazxune pãyin e, se tã otãq-xãb bãlã.
3. Do tã hamum dare. Yeki bãlã, yeki pãyin.
4. In xune az un yeki bozorgtar e, vali un yeki qašangtar az in e.
5. Cãhãr tã bacce tu hayãt bãzi mikonand.
6. Un xune panj tã otãq-xãb dare.
7. Šiš-kabãb dust dãri ?
8. Boro Haft-Sin ro becin.
9. Pãrsãl tu Florida yek hašt-pã didim.
10. Bãbak riyãzi noh gerefte, gerye mikone.
11. Dojin yani davãzdah tã.
12. Sizdah ruz ba'ad az Nowruz ro migan Sideh-be-dar.

Pronunciation

Vocabulary

Grammar

• The sound i at the end of a noun indicates the indefinite article. It is equivalent to the English a (or an), and like in English it can also mean "one".
• The number one is usually used for inanimate objects. The i suffix is used for living beings.
• The absence of the indefinite article makes the noun known. The absence of the i is equivalent to the English "the" or French le, la, or les.
For example:

Xãnei rã mibinam.	I see a house. (remember that rã indicates direct object)
Yek xãne rã mibinam.	I see one house.
Xãne rã mibinam.	I see the house.

• The suffix tar indicates comparative.

bozorg	big
bozorgtar	bigger
bozorgtar ha	adults (grown-ups)

• When counting objects numbers are usually followed by "times" or "fold". The exception being yek or one.
• When counting, the noun is not pluralized.
For example:

• Numbers have distinct names up to 19. After that they are added up from left to right.

bist	twenty	bist o yek	twenty one
si	thirty	si o do	thirty two
cehel	forty	cehel o se	forty three
panjãh	fifty
šast	sixty
haftãd	seventy
haštãd	eighty
navad	ninety

sad	hundred	sad o bist o yek	hundred and twenty one
devist	two hundred	devist o si o do	two hundred and thirty two
sisad	three hundred	sisad o cehel o se	three hundred and forty three
cãhãrsad	four hundred
pãnsad	fifty
šešsad	six hundred
haftsad	seven hundred
haštsad	eight hundred
nohsad	nine hundred
hezãr	thousand
hezãr o cãhãrsad o navad o do	1492
hezãr o haštsad o davãzdah	1812
do hezãr o hašt	2008
se hezãr o šãnzdah	3016

Exercise

Translate the following to Persian :

1. I see fourteen houses.
2. He/She has five children.
3. This house has four bedrooms.
4. That one has two bathrooms.
5. This house is bigger than that one.
6. Bãbak is older (bigger) than Nimã.
7. I saw a child.
8. I bought a book.
9. One thousand and one nights.
10. Two thousand and five hundred years.
11. Children are playing in the yard.
12. Three children are playing in the yard.

Exercise Answers

1. Cãhãrdah tã xãne mibinam.
2. U panj tã bacce dãrad.
3. In xãne cãhãr tã otãq-xãb dãrad.
4. Un yeki do tã hamãm dãrad.
5. In xãne az ãn yeki bozorgtar ast.
6. Bãbak az Nimã bozorgtar ast.
7. Bacce i rã didam.
8. Yek ketãb xaridam.
9. Hezãr o yek šab.
10. Do hezãr o pãnsad sãl.
11. Bacce hã tu hayãt bãzi mikonand.
12. Se tã bacce tu hayãt bãzi mikonand.

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