Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation

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A dialogue between Leyla and her Aunt Farnaz.

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A dialogue between Leyla and her Aunt Farnaz.

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A dialogue between Matt and Leyla.

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

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

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In this lesson, we learn about habitual actions.

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In this lesson, we learn about preposition words.

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In this lesson, we learn about preposition words.

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In this lesson, we learn about compound verbs.

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

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

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

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

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This lesson is a review of lessons 11 through 20.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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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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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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.

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’ve been trying to learn Persian, you will have noticed that there is a such a lack of effective [...]