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Hi everyone! I’m Alisha.
Welcome to Conversational Phrases!
We’ve found that the best way to learn a language is to speak it from day one! And the best way to start speaking is to learn phrases that you’ll use in real conversations.
In this lesson, we’ll learn conversational phrases to answer the question “How's your mother?” After watching this video, you’ll be able to talk about well-being and ask how someone is doing.
Now, let’s take a look at some conversational phrases!
Listen to the dialogue.
سلام حال مادرت چطوره؟
(salaam haal-e maadaret chetore?)
خوبه.
(khoobe.)
Once more with the English translation.
سلام حال مادرت چطوره؟
(salaam haal-e maadaret chetore?)
“How's your mother?”
خوبه.
(khoobe.)
“She's fine.”
First of all you'll need to learn how to say “How's your mother?”
That's: سلام حال مادرت چطوره؟
(salaam haal-e maadaret chetore?)
Listen to it again: سلام حال مادرت چطوره؟, سلام حال مادرت چطوره؟
(salaam haal-e maadaret chetore?, salaam haal-e maadaret chetore?)
This Persian sentence literally translates as “Hello feeling your mother how?”
But it translates as “How's your mother?” in English.
Now, how do you answer this question?
The pattern is:
{state of well-being} ـه.
({state of well-being} e.)
This Persian sentence literally translates as “[state of well-being] is." We omit the article "she".
But it means “She’s [state of well-being].” in English.
For example:
“She's fine.”
خوبه., خوبه.
(khoobe., khoobe.)

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