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| Eric: Top 25 Persian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 14: How tall 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 tall are you? In Persian this is |
| Mehrnaz: قدتون چقده؟ |
| Eric: The first word in the question is |
| Mehrnaz: قدتون |
| Eric: meaning ‘your height’ in English. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) قدتون |
| Eric: Listen again and repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: قدتون |
| {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: چقده؟ |
| Eric: meaning something like ‘How much is.’ |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) چقده؟ |
| Eric: Now repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: چقده؟ |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: قدتون چقده؟ |
| {pause} |
| Eric: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question ‘How tall are you?’ |
| Mehrnaz: صد وهشتاد |
| Eric: 180. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow) صد وهشتاد |
| {pause} |
| Eric: The answer is made up of one word: |
| Mehrnaz: صد وهشتاد |
| Eric: meaning 180. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) صد وهشتاد |
| Eric: Now repeat |
| Mehrnaz: صد وهشتاد |
| {Pause} |
| Eric: Listen to the speaker say 180, and then repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: صد وهشتاد |
| {pause} |
| Eric: To expand on the pattern, replace 180 with ‘one meter and sixty.’ |
| Mehrnaz: یه متر و شصت |
| Eric: one meter and sixty |
| Mehrnaz: (slow) یه متر و شصت (regular) یه متر و شصت |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘one meter and sixty’ |
| Mehrnaz: یه متر و شصت |
| Eric: It mostly says the same. Simply replace ‘one eighty.’ Say ‘one meter and sixty.’ |
| {pause} |
| Mehrnaz: یه متر و شصت |
| Eric: To make another phrase, replace ‘one meter and sixty’ with ‘‘one meter and seventy-five.’ |
| Mehrnaz: یه متر و هفتاد و پنج |
| Eric: one meter and seventy-five |
| Mehrnaz: (slow) یه متر و هفتاد و پنج (regular) یه متر و هفتاد و پنج |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘one meter and seventy-five’ |
| Mehrnaz: یه متر و هفتاد و پنج |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace ‘one meter and sixty’ with ‘one meter and seventy-five’. Say ‘one meter and seventy-five’. |
| {pause} |
| Mehrnaz: یه متر و هفتاد و پنج |
| Eric: To make another phrase, replace ‘one meter and seventy-five’ with ‘one meter and thirty’. |
| Mehrnaz: یه متر و سی |
| Eric: one meter and thirty |
| Mehrnaz: (slow) یه متر و سی (regular) یه متر و سی |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘one meter and thirty’ |
| Mehrnaz: یه متر و سی |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace ‘one meter and seventy-five’. Say ‘one meter and thirty.’ |
| {pause} |
| Mehrnaz: یه متر و سی |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Iran and someone asks you how tall you are. You are 180 centimeters. Respond to the question. |
| Mehrnaz: قدتون چقده؟ (five seconds) صد وهشتاد |
| Eric: Imagine you are one meter and sixty. Respond to the question. |
| Mehrnaz: قدتون چقده؟ (five seconds) یه متر و شصت |
| Eric: Now imagine you are one meter and seventy five. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Mehrnaz: قدتون چقده؟ (five seconds) یه متر و هفتاد و پنج |
| Eric: Imagine you're one meter and thirty. Respond to the question. |
| Mehrnaz: قدتون چقده؟ (five seconds) یه متر و سی |
| Eric: Now you want to ask that person how tall they are. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Mehrnaz: قدتون چقده؟ |
| {pause} |
| Eric: This is the end of Lesson 14 |
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