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| Eric: Top 25 Persian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 17: What time is it? 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 What time is it? In Persian this is |
| Mehrnaz: ساعت چنده؟ |
| Eric: The first word in the question is |
| Mehrnaz: ساعت چند |
| Eric: meaning ‘what time’ in English. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) ساعت چند |
| Eric: Listen again and repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: ساعت چند |
| 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: ه؟ |
| Eric: meaning something like ‘is it’ in English. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) ه؟ |
| Eric: Listen again and repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: ه؟ |
| {Pause} |
| Eric: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question What time is it? |
| Mehrnaz: دوازدهه. |
| Eric: "It’s 12 o'clock.” Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow) دوازدهه. |
| {pause} |
| Eric: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Mehrnaz: دوازده |
| Eric: meaning something like ‘12 o'clock.’ |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) دوازده |
| Eric: Now repeat |
| Mehrnaz: دوازده |
| {Pause} |
| Eric: And next |
| Mehrnaz: ه. |
| meaning something like ‘it's.’ |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) ه. |
| Eric:Now repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: ه. |
| {Pause} |
| Eric: Listen to the speaker say, ‘It's 12 o'clock.’, and then repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: دوازدهه. |
| {pause} |
| Eric: To use a different phrase, replace ‘12 o'clock’ with ‘one.’ |
| Mehrnaz: یکه |
| Eric: one |
| Mehrnaz: (slow) یکه (regular) یکه |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘one’ |
| Mehrnaz: یکه. |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace ‘12 o'clock’. Say ‘It's one.’ |
| {pause} |
| Mehrnaz: یکه. |
| Eric: To use a different phrase, replace ‘one’ with ‘two fifteen.’ |
| Mehrnaz: دو و رب |
| Eric: two fifteen |
| Mehrnaz: (slow) دو و رب (regular) دو و رب |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘two fifteen’ |
| Mehrnaz: دو و ربه. |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace ‘one ’. Say ‘It's two fifteen.’ |
| {pause} |
| Mehrnaz: دو و ربه. |
| Eric: To use a different phrase, replace ‘two fifteen’ with ‘four forty-five’. |
| Mehrnaz: یه رب به پنج |
| Eric: four forty-five |
| Mehrnaz: (slow) یه رب به پنج (regular) یه رب به پنج |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘four forty-five’ |
| Mehrnaz: یه رب به پنجه. |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace ‘two fifteen’. Say ‘It's four forty-five.’ |
| {pause} |
| Mehrnaz: یه رب به پنجه. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Iran and someone asks you what time it is. It's 12 o'clock. Respond to the question. |
| Mehrnaz: ساعت چنده؟ (five seconds) دوازدهه. |
| Eric: Now imagine it's one. Respond to the question. |
| Mehrnaz: ساعت چنده؟ (five seconds) یکه. |
| Eric: Imagine it's two fifteen. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Mehrnaz: ساعت چنده؟ (five seconds) دو و ربه. |
| Eric: Imagine it's four forty-five. Respond to the question. |
| Mehrnaz: ساعت چنده؟ (five seconds) یه رب به پنجه. |
| Eric: You want to ask someone what time it is. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Mehrnaz: ساعت چنده؟ |
| {pause} |
| Eric: This is the end of Lesson 17 |
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