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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Persian Season 1, Lesson 3 - Manners. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to thank other people in various ways in Persian.
Body
Eric: Here's the formal way to say 'Thank you.' in Persian.
Mehrnaz: [Normal] ممنونم.(mamnoonam)
Eric: First is a word meaning 'thankful'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] ممنون [Slow] ممنون (mamnoon)
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'am'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] م [Slow] م(am)
Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Thank you.'
Mehrnaz: [Slow] ممنونم. [Normal] ممنونم.
Eric: Ok, now let's take a look at the formal way to say 'Thank you very much.'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] خیلی ممنونم.(kheili mamnoonam.)
Eric: First is a word meaning 'very much'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] خیلی [Slow] خیلی (kheili)
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'thankful'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] ممنون [Slow] ممنون(mamnoon)
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'am'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] م [Slow] م(am)
Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Thank you very much.'
Mehrnaz: [Slow] خیلی ممنونم. [Normal] خیلی ممنونم.
Eric: Next up is the formal way to say 'Thank you, kindly.'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] صمیمانه تشکر میکنم. (Samimaneh tashak-kor mikonam.)
Eric: First is a word meaning 'kindly'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] صمیمانه [Slow] صمیمانه(Samimaneh)
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'thank you'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] تشکر میکنم [Slow] تشکر میکنم(tashak-kor mikoanm)
Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Thank you, kindly.'
Mehrnaz: [Slow] صمیمانه تشکر میکنم. [Normal] صمیمانه تشکر میکنم.
Eric: Finally, here is an informal way to say 'Thanks for everything.'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] ممنون برای همه چیز.(mamnoon baraay-e hameh chiz.)
Eric: First is a word meaning 'thanks'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] ممنون [Slow] ممنون (mamnoon)
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'for'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] برای [Slow] برای(baraay-e)
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'everything'
Mehrnaz: [Normal] همه چیز [Slow] همه چیز(hameh chiz)
Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Thanks for everything.'
Mehrnaz: [Slow] ممنون برای همه چیز. [Normal] ممنون برای همه چیز.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Mehrnaz: There's another common word for informal settings that comes from the French word for thank you, Merci. And it's mersi مرسی.

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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