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| Eric: Top 25 Persian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 20: What's the weather like? 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's the weather like in Tehran? In Persian this is |
| Mehrnaz: هوای تهران چطوره؟ |
| The first word in the question is |
| Mehrnaz: هوای |
| Eric: meaning something like ‘weather’ in English. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) هوای |
| Eric: Listen again and repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: هوای |
| {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: تهران |
| Eric: which is the city name Tehran. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) تهران |
| Eric: Now repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: تهران |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: هوای تهران |
| {pause} |
| And after that |
| Mehrnaz: چطوره؟ |
| Eric: meaning ‘what's it like.’ |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) چطوره؟ |
| Eric: Now repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: چطوره؟ |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: هوای تهران چطوره؟ |
| {pause} |
| Eric: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question What's the weather like in Tehran? |
| Mehrnaz: آفتابیه. |
| Eric: "It's sunny.” Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow) آفتابیه. |
| {pause} |
| Eric: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Mehrnaz: آفتابی |
| Eric: meaning ‘sunny’. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) آفتابی |
| Eric: Now repeat |
| Mehrnaz: آفتابی |
| {Pause} |
| Eric: And after that |
| 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 sunny., and then repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: آفتابیه. |
| {pause} |
| Eric: To expand on the pattern, replace ‘sunny’ with ‘cloudy.’ |
| Mehrnaz: ابری |
| Eric: cloudy |
| Mehrnaz: (slow) ابری (regular) ابری |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘cloudy’ |
| Mehrnaz: ابریه. |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace ‘sunny’. Say It's cloudy. |
| {pause} |
| Mehrnaz: ابریه. |
| Eric: To use a different phrase, replace ‘cloudy’ with ‘hot.’ |
| Mehrnaz: گرم |
| Eric: hot |
| Mehrnaz: (slow) گرم (regular) گرم |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘hot’ |
| Mehrnaz: گرمه. |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace ‘cloudy’. Say ‘It's hot.’ |
| {pause} |
| Mehrnaz: گرمه. |
| Eric: To use a different phrase, replace ‘hot’ with ‘cold.’ |
| Mehrnaz: سرد |
| Eric: cold |
| Mehrnaz: (slow) سرد (regular) سرد |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘cold’ |
| Mehrnaz: سرده. |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace ‘hot’. Say ‘It's cold.’ |
| {pause} |
| Mehrnaz: سرده. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Iran and someone asks you the question ‘What's the weather like in Tehran?’ You want to say it's sunny. Respond to the question. |
| Mehrnaz: هوای تهران چطوره؟ (five seconds) آفتابیه. |
| Eric: Now you want to say it's cloudy. Respond to the question. |
| Mehrnaz: هوای تهران چطوره؟ (five seconds) ابریه. |
| Eric: You want to say it's hot. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Mehrnaz: هوای تهران چطوره؟ (five seconds) گرمه. |
| Eric: You want to say it's cold. Respond to the question. |
| Mehrnaz: هوای تهران چطوره؟ (five seconds) سرده. |
| Eric: You want to ask someone what the weather is like. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Mehrnaz: هوای تهران چطوره؟ |
| {pause} |
| Eric: This is the end of Lesson 20 |
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