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Lesson Transcript

Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Persian Season 1, Lesson 19 - Using Negation. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make essential negative statements in Persian.
Body
Eric: Here's the way to say 'I don't have a pen.' in Persian.
Mehrnaz: [Normal] خودکار ندارم.(khodkaar nadaaram.)
Eric: First is a word meaning 'pen'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] خودکار [Slow] خودکار (khodkaar)
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I don't have'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] ندارم [Slow] ندارم(nadaaram)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have a pen.'
Mehrnaz: [Slow] خودکار ندارم. [Normal] خودکار ندارم.
Eric: Ok, now let's take a look at the way to say 'I don't have time.'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] وقت ندارم(vaght nadaaram)
Eric: First is a word meaning 'time'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] وقت [Slow] وقت (vaght)
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I don't have'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] ندارم [Slow] ندارم(nadaaram)
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have time.'
Mehrnaz: [Slow] وقت ندارم [Normal] وقت ندارم
Eric: Next up is the way to say 'I don't know.'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] نمی دونم(nemidoonam)
Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'I don't know.'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] نمی دونم [Slow] نمی دونم(nemidoonam)
Eric: Listen again to the word meaning 'I don't know.'
Mehrnaz: [Slow] نمی دونم [Normal] نمی دونم
Eric: Finally, here is a way to say 'I don't get it.'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] نمی فهمم(nemifahmam)
Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'I don't get it.'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] نمی فهمم [Slow] نمی فهمم(nemifahmam)
Eric: Listen again to the word meaning 'I don't get it.'
Mehrnaz: [Slow] نمی فهمم [Normal] نمی فهمم
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Mehrnaz: “I don't know,” or nemidoonam نمی دونم , in Persian, is an expression that is rarely heard. There is a funny saying that Iranians usually don't want to admit their ignorance.

Outro
Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!

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