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INTRODUCTION
John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to PersianPod101.com. This is Intermediate Season 1 Lesson 14 - Talking About Your Work Experience in Persian. John Here.
Mehrnaz: سلام (salaam) I'm Mehrnaz.
John: In this lesson, you’ll learn about colloquial words and expressions and the conditional. The conversation takes place in a cafe.
Mehrnaz: It's between Milad and Parisa.
John: The speakers are friends, therefore, they will speak informally in Persian. Okay, let's listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
پریسا: امروز ترجمه کتاب جدیدمو (جدیدم را) تموم (تمام) کردم. برای منتشر شدنش واقعاً هیجان دارم.
میلاد: تبریک می‌گم (می‌گویم)! خوش به حالت که کاری رو (کاری را) که دوست داری انجام میدی (می‌دهی).
پریسا: مرسی. برای این که به این جا برسم خیلی تلاش کردم. واقعاً خوشحالم که رشته ریاضی رو (ریاضی را) ادامه ندادم.
میلاد: یادمه (یادم است) چقدر سر این مسئله با پدر مادرت مشکل داشتی. خیلی برای اینکه رشته دلخواهت رو (دلخواهت را) بخونی (بخوانی) مبارزه کردی.
پریسا: فکر کن اگه (اگر) مهندسی خونده (خوانده) بودم الان حتماً یه (یکَ) مهندس افسرده بودم که از کار و زندگیش ناراضی بود.
میلاد: مثل رامین و آزیتا! دوتاشونم (دوتایشان هم) دلشون (دلشان) می‌خواد (می‌خواهد) کارشون رو (کارشان را) عوض کنن (کنند).
پریسا: البته من خوب می دونم (می دانم) که درآمدم به نسبت یه (یک) مهندس کمتره (کم تر است). اما دست کم من توی (در) این کار آرامش دارم و از این که می تونم (می توانم) از تسلطم به زبان انگلیسی استفاده کنم خیلی احساس رضایت می کنم.
میلاد: دقیقاً! استرس شغلای (شغل های) فنی خیلی بالاس (بالا است).
پریسا: شنیدم آزیتا شبا (شب ها) با قرص خواب خوابش میبره (می برد).
میلاد: آره! رامین ماه قبل فهمید که درد معدش (معده اش) به خاطر زخم معده اس (است) و دکترم (دکتر هم) بهش هشدار داده اگر مراقب نباشه ممکنه (ممکن است) سرطانی بشه (بشود).
پریسا: روزگار عجیبی شده ها! همش از اینور و اونور میشنوی یکی سرطان گرفته! امان از این استرس!
John: Listen to the conversation with the English translation.
Parisa: Today, I finished the translation of my new book. I'm really excited about it getting published.
Milad: Congratulations! Lucky you that you get to do what you like!
Parisa: Thanks. To get here I tried so hard. I'm really glad that I didn't continue the math specialty.
Milad: I remember that you had issues with your parents. You fought a lot to major in what you desired.
Parisa: Suppose if I had majored in engineering, I sure would've been a depressed engineer who was unhappy with his life and career.
Milad: Like Ramin and Azita! Both of them wish to change their jobs.
Parisa: But I'm fully aware that my income is relatively lower than an engineer's. But at least, I've got peace of mind in this job, and I feel so content that I can make use of my mastery of English.
Milad: Exactly! The level of work stress is too high in technical jobs.
Parisa: I heard that Azita falls asleep with sleeping pills.
Milad: Yeah! Ramin found out that his stomach pain is because of an ulcer and the doctor has warned him if he doesn't take care, it might become cancerous.
Parisa: Strange times we're living in! You hear here and there someone's got cancer! Heaven help us from stress!
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
John: Mehrnaz, how do people choose their specialities in Iran?
Mehrnaz: They choose them in high school before entering university.
John: What types of programs can they chose?
Mehrnaz: The titles are "Math and Physics," "Experimental Science," and "Humanities."
John: What about students that aren’t interested in studying those subjects?
Mehrnaz: They go to a vocational school.
John: What factors affect a student’s choice? Is it just what they want to do?
Mehrnaz: That’s part of it, but their grades and parents play a part too.
John: So if someone is good at math, they’ll be expected to do something related to math.
Mehrnaz: Yes, teachers and parents might be disappointed if they choose law, for example.
John: Is it possible to change your field of interest?
Mehrnaz: It’s an unwritten rule that you stick with your choice, but recently, people in their 30s and 40s are beginning to change that.
John: Okay, now onto the vocab.
VOCAB LIST
John: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is...
Mehrnaz: منتشرشدن [natural native speed]
John: "to get published"
Mehrnaz: منتشرشدن[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mehrnaz: منتشرشدن [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Mehrnaz: خوش به حالت [natural native speed]
John: "lucky you"
Mehrnaz: خوش به حالت[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mehrnaz: خوش به حالت [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Mehrnaz: رشته ریاضی [natural native speed]
John: "math specialty"
Mehrnaz: رشته ریاضی[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mehrnaz: رشته ریاضی [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Mehrnaz: رشته [natural native speed]
John: "major"
Mehrnaz: رشته[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mehrnaz: رشته [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Mehrnaz: مهندس [natural native speed]
John: "engineer"
Mehrnaz: مهندس[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mehrnaz: مهندس [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Mehrnaz: افسرده [natural native speed]
John: "depressed"
Mehrnaz: افسرده[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mehrnaz: افسرده [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Mehrnaz: دست کم [natural native speed]
John: "at least"
Mehrnaz: دست کم[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mehrnaz: دست کم [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Mehrnaz: احساس رضایت کردن [natural native speed]
John: "to feel content"
Mehrnaz: احساس رضایت کردن[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mehrnaz: احساس رضایت کردن [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Mehrnaz: قرص خواب [natural native speed]
John: "sleeping pill"
Mehrnaz: قرص خواب [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mehrnaz: قرص خواب [natural native speed]
John: And last...
Mehrnaz: هشدار دادن [natural native speed]
John: "to warn"
Mehrnaz: هشدار دادن[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Mehrnaz: هشدار دادن [natural native speed]
KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES
John: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word is...
Mehrnaz: دست کم
John: meaning "at least."
John: What can you tell us about this?
Mehrnaz: This phrase begins with دست (dast), meaning "hand" plus e (ezaafeh).
John: The last part means "few, low, little, or small."
Mehrnaz: That’s کم (kam).
John: This is a colloquial term.
Mehrnaz: حداقل (had-de aghal) means the same, and is an Arabic loanword.
John: Can you give us an example using this phrase?
Mehrnaz: Sure. For example, you can say... دست کم صدهزار تومن (تومان) خرج داره (دارد).
John: ...which means "It'll cost you 100,000 Tomans at least."
John: Okay, what's the next word?
Mehrnaz: خوش به حالت
John: meaning "lucky you"
John: This is a phrase.
Mehrnaz: First is خوش (khosh), meaning "nice, or good" plus به (beh)
John: That means "to." The next part means "condition, circumstances."
Mehrnaz: That is حال (haal). It also has the possessive pronoun ت (at).
John: This phrase literally means "your condition is good." Or, "lucky you."
Mehrnaz: This is a casual term, but it can sound like jealousy, so be careful with it.
John: Can you give us an example using this phrase?
Mehrnaz: Sure. For example, you can say... خوش به حالت که خارج زندگی می کنی.
John: ... which means "Lucky you that you live abroad."
John: Okay, now onto the lesson focus.

Lesson focus

John: In this lesson, you'll learn about colloquial words and expressions, and also the conditional. A key to sounding natural is being able to understand and use colloquial expressions. So, we’re going to go through a few in this lesson.
Mehrnaz: امان از (amaan az)
John: "heaven save us from"
Mehrnaz: اینور و اونور (invar-o oonvar)
John: "here and there"
Mehrnaz: چرا آخه؟ (cheraa aakheh)
John: "why on earth?"
Mehrnaz: ای ول (ey val)
John: "great, or bravo"
Mehrnaz: با حال (baa haal)
John: "cool"
Mehrnaz: مخلص (mokhles)
John: "honest, sincere, real friend"
Mehrnaz: چاکر (chaaker)
John: "thankful." Now, we learned the first conditional in lesson five. In this lesson, we are going to look at the third conditional.
Mehrnaz: We use the past perfect tense for both the if clause and the main clause.
John: We make the past perfect tense by adding the past copulas to the past participle, and the emphasis is on the last syllable of the participle.
Mehrnaz: The past participle is made by the addition of ه (eh), to the past stem of the verb
John: Let’s work through an example for the verb "to read."
Mehrnaz: That is خواندن (khaandan). The past stem is خواند (khaand). If you add ه (eh), you get خوانده, (khaandeh).
John: Then you need to conjugate the verb for "to be" into the past simple tense. Let’s hear some examples now.
Mehrnaz: اگرصبر کرده بودی تاکسی بگیریم، تا حالا رسیده بودیم!
John: "If you’d waited for us to get a taxi, we would’ve arrived by now!"
Mehrnaz: اگر دیده بودمت، حتماً برده بودمت!
John: "If I had seen you, I would’ve taken you!"
Mehrnaz: اگر دیده بودمش، بهش سلام کرده بودم!
John: "If I had seen him (or her), I would’ve said hello to him (or her)!"

Outro

John: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye!
Mehrnaz: خداحافظ (khodaahaafez).

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