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| Eric: Top 25 Persian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 11: How old are you? in Persian |
| In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Persian learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native speaker. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question ‘How old are you?’ In Persian this is |
| Mehrnaz: چن سالتونه؟ |
| The first word in the question is |
| Mehrnaz: چن سال |
| Eric: meaning ‘How old’ in English. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) چن سال |
| Eric: Listen again and repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: چن سال |
| {Pause} |
| Eric: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Mehrnaz: تونه؟ |
| Eric: meaning something like ‘are you.’ |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) تونه؟ |
| Eric: Now repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: تونه؟ |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: چن سال تونه؟ |
| {pause} |
| Eric: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question How old are you? |
| Mehrnaz: هیژده سالمه. |
| Eric: "I'm 18 years old.’ Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow) هیژده سالمه. |
| {pause} |
| Eric: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Mehrnaz: هیژده |
| Eric: meaning ‘eighteen.’ |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) هیژده |
| Eric: Now repeat |
| Mehrnaz: هیژده |
| {Pause} |
| Eric: And after that |
| Mehrnaz: سالمه |
| Eric: meaning something like ‘I'm.’ |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) سالمه |
| Eric:Now repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: سالمه |
| {Pause} |
| Eric: Listen to the speaker say, ‘I'm 18 years old’, and then repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: هیژده سالمه. |
| {pause} |
| Eric: To use a different phrase, replace ‘18’ with ‘twenty-one.’ |
| Mehrnaz: بیست و یک |
| Eric: twenty one |
| Mehrnaz: (slow) بیست و یک (regular) بیست و یک |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘twenty-one’ |
| Mehrnaz: بیست و یه سالمه. |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace 18. Say ‘I'm twenty-one years old.’ |
| {pause} |
| Mehrnaz: بیست و یه سالمه. |
| Eric: To expand on the pattern, replace ‘twenty-one’ with ‘fifteen.’ |
| Mehrnaz: پونزده |
| Eric: fifteen |
| Mehrnaz: (slow) پونزده (regular) پونزده |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘fifteen’ |
| Mehrnaz: پونزده سالمه. |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace ‘twenty-one’ with ‘fifteen’. Say ‘I'm fifteen years old.’ |
| {pause} |
| Mehrnaz: پونزده سالمه. |
| Eric: To use a different phrase, replace ‘fifteen’ with ‘forty-three.’ |
| Mehrnaz: چهل و سه |
| Eric: forty-three |
| Mehrnaz: (slow) چهل و سه (regular) چهل و سه |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘forty-three’ |
| Mehrnaz: چهل و سه سالمه. |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace ‘fifteen’. Say ‘I'm forty-three years old.’ |
| {pause} |
| Mehrnaz: چهل و سه سالمه. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Iran and someone asks you how old you are. You are 18. Respond to the question. |
| Mehrnaz: چن سالتونه؟ (five seconds) هیژده سالمه. |
| Eric: Imagine you are twenty-one. Respond to the question. |
| Mehrnaz: چن سالتونه؟ (five seconds) بیست و یک سالمه. |
| Eric: Now imagine you are fifteen. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Mehrnaz: چن سالتونه؟ (five seconds) پونزده سالمه. |
| Eric: Imagine you're forty-three. Respond to the question. |
| Mehrnaz: چن سالتونه؟ (five seconds) چهل و سه سالمه. |
| Eric: You want to ask someone how old they are. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Mehrnaz: چن سالتونه؟ |
| {pause} |
| Eric: This is the end of Lesson 11 |
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