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INTRODUCTION
In the previous lesson, we covered how to buy a train ticket. Once you’ve confirmed your destination, it’s time to select the type of seat you want.
GRAMMAR POINT
Normally in Iran, you can choose between daraje yek meaning “first class”, and daraje do meaning “second class”).
Let's break those down:
(slow) da – ra – je yek
Daraje yek
and
(slow) da – ra – je do
Daraje do
Yek, as you remember, means “one, first.”
(slow) yek
yek
And daraje is “grade, class.”
(slow) da – ra - je
daraje
In the second phrase, do means “two, second.”
(slow) do
do
Once again, those are daraje yek and daraje do.
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Imagine you want to buy a first-class ticket. The destination this time will be Shiraz.
“A first-class ticket to Shiraz, please,” in Persian is
Bilit daraje yek baraye Shiraz, lotfan.
Let’s break that down:
(slow) Bi – lit da – ra – je yek ba – ra – ye Shi – raz lot - fan.
And once again:
Bilit daraje yek baraye Shiraz, lotfan.
We saw this structure in the previous lesson. All we’ve done this time is customize the ticket with daraje yek meaning “first-class”.
If you want to buy a second-class ticket, you just change yek meaning “first” to do meaning “second”:
Bilit daraje do baraye Shiraz, lotfan.
(slow) Bi – lit-e da – ra – je do ba – ra – ye Shi – raz lot - fan.
Bilit-e daraje do baraye Shiraz, lotfan.
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In Iran, some long-distance trains offer a bed option, normally in a cabin which is called coupe. These tickets cost more than regular ones, but if you’d like to have a good sleep on the way to your destination, you should get one of these.
The sentence for this is
Bilite coupe baraye Shiraz, lotfan.
“A sleeper ticket to Shiraz, please.”
Coupe means “cabin,” coupe (slow), coupe
bilit is a “ticket.” With an e at the end it means “ticket for”
(slow) bilit-e
bilit-e
Altogether these words refer to a ticket for a cabin ticket that has sleeping facilities.
Let’s hear the whole sentence again:
(slow) Bi – li t- e cou – pe ba – ra – ye Shi – raz, lot - fan.
Bilit-e coupe baraye Shiraz, lotfan.

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