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| Eric: Top 25 Persian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 25: How much is this? 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 much is this? In Persian this is |
| Mehrnaz: این چنده؟ |
| Eric: The first word in the question is |
| Mehrnaz: این |
| Eric: meaning ‘this’ in English. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) این |
| Eric: Listen again and repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: این |
| {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: چند |
| Eric: meaning how much. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) چند |
| Eric: Now repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: چند |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: این چند |
| {pause} |
| And after that |
| Mehrnaz: ه؟ |
| Eric: meaning ‘is’. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) ه؟ |
| Eric: Now repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: ه؟ |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: این چنده؟ |
| {pause} |
| Eric: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question How much is this? |
| Mehrnaz: پونصد تومن. |
| Eric: " 500 Tomans.” Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow) پونصد تومن. |
| {pause} |
| Eric: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Mehrnaz: پونصد |
| Eric: meaning ‘five hundred.’ |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) پونصد |
| Eric: Now repeat |
| Mehrnaz: پونصد |
| {Pause} |
| Eric: And after that |
| Mehrnaz: تومن. |
| which is the currency name Toman. |
| Mehrnaz: (Slow, by syllable) تومن. |
| Eric:Now repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: تومن. |
| {Pause} |
| Eric: Listen to the speaker say, 500 Tomans, and then repeat. |
| Mehrnaz: پونصد تومن. |
| {pause} |
| Eric: To use a different phrase, replace 500 Tomans with ‘one thousand Tomans.’ |
| Mehrnaz: هزار تومن |
| Eric: one thousand Tomans |
| Mehrnaz: (slow) هزار تومن (regular) هزار تومن |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘one thousand Tomans’ |
| Mehrnaz: هزار تومن. |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace ‘500 Tomans’. Say ‘one thousand Tomans.’ |
| {pause} |
| Mehrnaz: هزار تومن. |
| Eric: To use a different phrase, replace ‘one thousand Tomans’ with ‘one million Tomans.’ |
| Mehrnaz: یه ملیون تومن |
| Eric: one million Tomans |
| Mehrnaz: (slow) یه ملیون تومن (regular) یه ملیون تومن |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘one million Tomans’ |
| Mehrnaz: یه ملیون تومن. |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace ‘one thousand Tomans.’ Say ‘one million Tomans.’ |
| {pause} |
| Mehrnaz: یه ملیون تومن. |
| Eric: To make another phrase, replace ‘one million Tomans’ with ‘five billion Tomans.’ |
| Mehrnaz: پنج میلیارد تومن |
| Eric: five billion Tomans |
| Mehrnaz: (slow) پنج میلیارد تومن (regular) پنج میلیارد تومن |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘five billion Tomans’ |
| Mehrnaz: پنج میلیارد تومن. |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace ‘one million Tomans.’ Say ‘five billion Tomans.’ |
| {pause} |
| Mehrnaz: پنج میلیارد تومن. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Iran and someone asks you how much something is. It is 500 Tomans. Respond to the question. |
| Mehrnaz: این چنده؟ (five seconds) پونصد تومن. |
| Eric: Now imagine it's one thousand Tomans. Respond to the question. |
| Mehrnaz: این چنده؟ (five seconds) هزار تومن. |
| Eric: Imagine it's one million Tomans. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Mehrnaz: این چنده؟ (five seconds) یه ملیون تومن. |
| Eric: Now imagine it's five billion Tomans. Respond to the question. |
| Mehrnaz: این چنده؟ (five seconds) پنج میلیارد تومن. |
| Eric: You want to learn how much something is. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Mehrnaz: این چنده؟ |
| {pause} |
| Eric: This is the end of Lesson 25 |
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