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How to Greet People and Ask How They Are Doing

Lesson 1: How to Greet People and Ask How They’re Doing

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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.

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Lesson 2: How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself

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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.

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Lesson 3: How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You

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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.

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Lesson 4: How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions

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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.

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Lesson 5: How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names

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This lesson provides vocabulary for talking about your family, and how to introduce your family members to other people.

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Lesson 6: How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten

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This lesson expands on the vocabulary learned in Lesson 5 introducing families. Also, we learn how to count from one to ten.

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Lesson 7: How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work

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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.

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Lesson 8: How to Talk About Your Likes and Dislikes

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This lesson teaches you how to talk about your likes and dislikes, and provides vocabulary for talking about the types of things you do.

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Lesson 9: How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases

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This lesson goes over ‘question words’ and filler words and vocabulary.

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Lesson 10: Review of Unit 1!

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This lesson provides a complete review of everything learned in lessons 1 through 9 of Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation.

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Lesson 11: How to Speak About the Languages You Know

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This lesson teaches you how to talk about which languages you know and how much of a language you can speak or understand.

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Lesson 12: More numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons

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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.

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Lesson 13: How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)

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This lesson teaches you the language you would use when hosting or being hosted, and how to accept or offer different common beverages.

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Lesson 14: How to Talk About Places Around Town

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This lesson teaches you vocabulary for places around town, and how to speak about possession.

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Lesson 15: How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted

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This lesson teaches you vocabulary for hosting and more about the formal ‘you’.

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Lesson 16: How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals

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This lesson teaches you vocabulary for meal times, as well as the names of different foods.

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Lesson 17: How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)

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This lesson teaches you how to describe things, as well as all the colors.

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Lesson 18: How to Talk About the Time and Weather

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This lesson teaches you how to talk about the weather, and how to tell what time it is.

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Lesson 19: How to Talk About Love and Friendship

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This lesson teaches you how to talk about love and friendship.

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Lesson 20: Review of Unit 2

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This lesson is a review of lessons 11 through 20.

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Lesson 21: The verb ‘To Be’

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In this lesson, we learn the verb ‘to be.’

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Lesson 22: The verb ‘To Have’

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In this lesson, we learn the verb ‘to be.’

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Lesson 23: The Simple Past Tense

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In this lesson, we learn the verb ‘to be.’

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Lesson 24: The Concept of ‘Ezafé’

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In this lesson, we learn about the concept of ‘ezafe’.

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Lesson 25: Compound Verbs

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In this lesson, we learn about compound verbs.

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Lesson 26: Prepositions

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In this lesson, we learn about preposition words.

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Lesson 27: Present Continuous Tense

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In this lesson, we learn about preposition words.

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Lesson 28: Habitual Actions

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In this lesson, we learn about habitual actions.

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Lesson 29: More Present Continuous and Imperatives (!)

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In this lesson, we learn about present continuous verbs and imperative statements.

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Lesson 30: Review of Unit 3

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In this lesson, we learn about present continuous verbs and imperative statements.

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Lesson 31: A Dialogue between Matt and Leyla

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A dialogue between Matt and Leyla.

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Lesson 32: A Dialogue between Leyla and Aunt Farnaz

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A dialogue between Leyla and her Aunt Farnaz.

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Lesson 33: A Dialogue between Leyla and Her Mother

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A dialogue between Leyla and her Aunt Farnaz.

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