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		<title> Lesson 33:   A Dialogue between Leyla and Her Mother </title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 22:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dialogue between Leyla and her Aunt Farnaz.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 32:   A Dialogue between Leyla and Aunt Farnaz</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dialogue between Leyla and her Aunt Farnaz.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 31:   A Dialogue between Matt and Leyla </title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<title> Lesson 30:   Review of Unit 3 </title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this lesson, we learn about present continuous verbs and imperative statements.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 29:   More Present Continuous and Imperatives (!) </title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 06:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this lesson, we learn about present continuous verbs and imperative statements.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 28:   Habitual Actions </title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<title> Lesson 27:   Present Continuous Tense </title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this lesson, we learn about preposition words.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 26:   Prepositions </title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this lesson, we learn about preposition words.]]></description>
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		<title>Presenting our video about &#8216;Tarof&#8217;!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 02:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<title> Lesson 25:   Compound Verbs </title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this lesson, we learn about compound verbs.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 24:   The Concept of &#8216;Ezafé&#8217; </title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this lesson, we learn about the concept of 'ezafe'.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 23:   The Simple Past Tense  </title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this lesson, we learn the verb 'to be.']]></description>
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		<title>Presenting our first video for Nowruz 1391!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video goes through some of the vocabulary associated with the Persian New Year, called Nowruz. Also, for the first time, see Matt and Leyla in action! As always, PLEASE ENJOY. Also, here&#8217;s the write up we did of for Nowruz last year, with more key vocabulary for the season- It’s almost time for Norooz, [...]]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 22:   The verb &#8216;To Have&#8217; </title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<title> Lesson 21:   The verb &#8216;To Be&#8217; </title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this lesson, we learn the verb 'to be.']]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 20:   Review of Unit 2 </title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson is a review of lessons 11 through 20.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 19:   How to Talk About Love and Friendship </title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson teaches you how to talk about love and friendship.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 18:   How to Talk About the Time and Weather </title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson teaches you how to talk about the weather, and how to tell what time it is.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 17:   How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors) </title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson teaches you how to describe things, as well as all the colors.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 16:   How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals </title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson teaches you vocabulary for meal times, as well as the names of different foods.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 15:   How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted </title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson teaches you vocabulary for hosting and more about the formal 'you'.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 14:   How to Talk About Places Around Town</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson teaches you vocabulary for places around town, and how to speak about possession. ]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 13:   How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai) </title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson teaches you the language you would use when hosting or being hosted, and how to accept or offer different common beverages.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 12:     More numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons </title>
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		<comments>http://www.chaiandconversation.com/lesson-12-more-numbers-and-the-months-days-and-seasons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson teaches you virtually all the numbers you need to know, and also teaches the vocabulary for months, days, seasons, and how to say the date.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 11:     How to Speak About the Languages You Know </title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson teaches you how to talk about which languages you know and how much of a language you can speak or understand.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 10:     Review of Unit 1! </title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson provides a complete review of everything learned in lessons 1 through 9 of Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 9:    How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases </title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 04:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson goes over 'question words' and filler words and vocabulary.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 8:     How to Talk About Your Likes and Dislikes </title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 16:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson teaches you how to talk about your likes and dislikes, and provides vocabulary for talking about the types of things you do.]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 7:     How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work </title>
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		<comments>http://www.chaiandconversation.com/lesson-7-how-to-talk-about-your-job-and-where-you-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson teaches you how to talk about your job and where you work, and how to say whether or not you like your job.]]></description>
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		<title> R.I.P. Legendary Designer Bijan  </title>
		<link>http://www.chaiandconversation.com/r-i-p-legendary-designer-bijan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The legendary Beverly Hills designer known simply as Bijan died today at the age of 67. He owned what was known as &#8216;the most expensive store in the world&#8217; on Beverly Hills drive, a store open by appointment only. In his many years as a fashion designer in the United States, designed clothes for some [...]]]></description>
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		<title> Kayhan Kalhor and His Beautiful Compositions </title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you listened to lesson six, you heard our exercise of counting from one through ten set to some beautiful rhythmic background music. The background music was composed by none other than Kayhan Kalhor, a world renowned Persian classical musician, specializing in the Persian instrument, kamanche. Two weeks ago on Public Radio Interntional&#8217;s program, The [...]]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 6:     How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten </title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson expands on the vocabulary learned in Lesson 5 introducing families. Also, we learn how to count from one to ten.]]></description>
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		<title> Elizabeth Taylor in Iran </title>
		<link>http://www.chaiandconversation.com/elizabeth-taylor-in-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Taylor was as much an iconic figure in Iran as she was everywhere else in the world. During the Shah&#8217;s time especially, she was revered as the prime example of beauty and elegance. She was also a bold figure unafraid of pushing boundaries and breaking stereotypes. To this end, she went on a spontaneous [...]]]></description>
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		<title> &#8216;Tarof&#8217; on This American Life </title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important traditions in Iranian culture is the tradition of &#8216;Tarof.&#8217; Tarof can be described as a specific form of Iranian etiquette or politeness, and comes with a very specific set of rules of how to interact with other people. Sometimes it can be extremely frustrating and seem disingenuous, but at other [...]]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 5:     How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names </title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson provides vocabulary for talking about your family, and how to introduce your family members to other people.]]></description>
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		<title> A Delicious Persian New Year Dish </title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Najmieh Batmanglij made a guest appearance on the Martha Stewart Show to share a recipe for a homemade meal of lamb shanks made with rice and fava beans (baghali polo). Batmanglij has been the most influential voice for Persian cooking (or as the Washington Post put it &#8220;the guru of Persian Cuisine&#8221;) for the past [...]]]></description>
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		<title> Happy Norooz to all! </title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s almost time for Norooz, the most important holiday in the Iranian culture. This holiday marks the beginning of the Persian calendar and occurs every year at the exact moment that spring starts. This year, it will occur on March 20, 2011 at exactly 6:21 central time in the United States, and the corresponding times [...]]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 4:     How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions </title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson provides a complete review of everything we have learned so far, and teaches how to say where you live, how to say yes and know, and answer simple questions.  ]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 3:      How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You </title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson introduces the informal and formal you, and builds on how to introduce yourself, both by teaching you how to ask others where they are from, and how to answer where you are from. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Our Theme Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So many people have written us asking about our wonderful theme music. It&#8217;s a great little piece, an original composition by Fared Shafinury, one of the most talented musicians in the Iranian community. You can check out his music on his webpage. He will be providing more music for the podcast in the future, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title> Lesson 2:      How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself </title>
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		<comments>http://www.chaiandconversation.com/how-to-greet-people-at-different-times-of-day-say-goodbye-and-introduce-yourself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson builds on vocabulary learned in lesson one, and covers how to greet people at different times of the day, how to say goodbye, and how to introduce yourself. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title> Lesson 1:      How to Greet People and Ask How They’re Doing </title>
		<link>http://www.chaiandconversation.com/how-to-greet-people-and-ask-how-they%e2%80%99re-doing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chaiandconversation.com/how-to-greet-people-and-ask-how-they%e2%80%99re-doing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The introductory lesson covering basic greetings and asking how someone is. There is also a short introduction about the podcast and your teacher, Leyla Shams, and student, Matt Bourneuf.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why &#8216;Persian&#8217;, Not &#8216;Farsi&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://www.chaiandconversation.com/why-persian-not-farsi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chaiandconversation.com/why-persian-not-farsi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an ongoing debate in the Iranian and academic community whether to use "Persian" or "Farsi" to refer to the language. It's not a simple issue of To-may-to vs. To-mah-to: the reasons for using the term "Persian" when speaking in English are based on history and precedent.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Salaam, Welcome to the site!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leyla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation, the podcast for anyone trying to learn conversational Persian. With Chai and Conversation you will be learning conversational Persian in weekly lessons of about 15 minutes each.  If you&#8217;ve been trying to learn Persian, you will have noticed that there is a such a lack of effective [...]]]></description>
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