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Lesson Transcript

INTRODUCTION
John: Must-Know Persian Social Media Phrases Season 1. Lesson 24 - At a wedding party.
John: Hi everyone, I'm John.
Mehrnaz: And I'm Mehrnaz.
John: In this lesson, you'll learn how to post and leave comments in Persian about a wedding. شبنم (Shabnam) celebrates her sister’s wedding with her family, posts an image of it, and leaves this comment:
Mehrnaz: خواهر کوچولوی (کوچک) من چه زود بزرگ شد! (khaaha-e koochooloo-ye (koochak-e ) man cheh zood bozorg shod!)
John: Meaning - "How fast my little sister grew up!" Listen to a reading of the post and the comments that follow.
DIALOGUE
(clicking sound)
شبنم: خواهر کوچولوی (کوچک) من چه زود بزرگ شد! (khaaha-e koochooloo-ye (koochak-e ) man cheh zood bozorg shod!)
(clicking sound)
شقایق: چه عروس خشگلی! (Cheh aroos-e khoshgeli!)
بهار: خوشبخت باشن انشالله! (Khoshbakht baashan ensha'al-laah!)
رضا: بدون من خوش گذشت؟ (bedoon-e man khosh gozasht!)
سمیرا: این بارم (هم) من دسته گل رو (را) گرفتم! عروس بعدی کیه (چه کسی است)؟ (in baaram (ham) man dasteh gol ro (raa) gerftam! aroos-e ba'di ki-yeh (cheh kasi ast)?)
John: Listen again with the English translation.
(clicking sound)
شبنم: خواهر کوچولوی (کوچک) من چه زود بزرگ شد! (khaaha-e koochooloo-ye (koochak-e ) man cheh zood bozorg shod!)
John: "How fast my little sister grew up!"
(clicking sound)
شقایق: چه عروس خشگلی! (Cheh aroos-e khoshgeli!)
John: "What a beautiful bride!"
بهار: خوشبخت باشن انشالله! (Khoshbakht baashan ensha'al-laah!)
John: "May they be blessed, Inshallah! "
رضا: بدون من خوش گذشت؟ (bedoon-e man khosh gozasht!)
John: "Did you have fun without me?"
سمیرا: این بارم (هم) من دسته گل رو (را) گرفتم! عروس بعدی کیه (چه کسی است)؟ (in baaram (ham) man dasteh gol ro (raa) gerftam! aroos-e ba'di ki-yeh (cheh kasi ast)?)
John: "This time I caught the bouquet again! Who's the next bride?"
POST
John: Listen again to شبنم (Shabnam)'s post.
Mehrnaz: خواهر کوچولوی (کوچک) من چه زود بزرگ شد! (khaaha-e koochooloo-ye (koochak-e ) man cheh zood bozorg shod!)
John: "How fast my little sister grew up!"
Mehrnaz: (SLOW) خواهر کوچولوی (کوچک) من چه زود بزرگ شد! (khaaha-e koochooloo-ye (koochak-e ) man cheh zood bozorg shod!) (Regular) خواهر کوچولوی (کوچک) من چه زود بزرگ شد! (khaaha-e koochooloo-ye (koochak-e ) man cheh zood bozorg shod!)
John: Let's break this down. First is an expression meaning "my little sister."
Mehrnaz: خواهر کوچولوی (کوچک) من (khaaha-e koochooloo-ye (koochak-e ) man)
John: The first word…
Mehrnaz: کوچولو, (koochooloo)
John: means "little," "tiny."
Mehrnaz: It’s the colloquial form of کوچک, (koochak). Since کوچولو, (koochooloo) ends in و , (oo), we need a linking ی, (ye)
John: This makes it easier to pronounce the phrase. Listen again - "my little sister" is...
Mehrnaz: (SLOW) خواهر کوچولوی (کوچک) من (khaaha-e koochooloo-ye (koochak-e ) man) (REGULAR) خواهر کوچولوی (کوچک) من (khaaha-e koochooloo-ye (koochak-e ) man)
John: Then comes the phrase literally meaning - "how fast grew up."
Mehrnaz: چه زود بزرگ شد! (cheh zood bozorg shod!)
John: First we have...
Mehrnaz: بزرگ شد, (bozorg shod)
John: Or, "grew up." Literally, this means "became big." It’s the past tense of the verb...
Mehrnaz: بزرگ شدن, (bozorg shodan)
John: meaning "to grow up" and conjugated for the third person singular. Listen again - "how fast grew up" is...
Mehrnaz: (SLOW) چه زود بزرگ شد! (cheh zood bozorg shod!) (REGULAR) چه زود بزرگ شد! (cheh zood bozorg shod!)
John: All together, "How fast my little sister grew up!"
Mehrnaz: خواهر کوچولوی (کوچک) من چه زود بزرگ شد! (khaaha-e koochooloo-ye (koochak-e ) man cheh zood bozorg shod!)
COMMENTS
John: In response, شبنم (Shabnam)'s friends leave some comments.
John: Her husband's high school friend, شقایق (Shaghaayegh), uses an expression meaning - "What a beautiful bride!"
Mehrnaz: (SLOW) چه عروس خشگلی! (Cheh aroos-e khoshgeli!)
(REGULAR) چه عروس خشگلی! (Cheh aroos-e khoshgeli!)
[Pause]
Mehrnaz: چه عروس خشگلی! (Cheh aroos-e khoshgeli!)
John: Use this expression to show you're feeling optimistic.
John: Her neighbor, بهار (Bahaar), uses an expression meaning - "May they be blessed, Inshallah! "
Mehrnaz: (SLOW) خوشبخت باشن انشالله! (Khoshbakht baashan ensha'al-laah!)
(REGULAR) خوشبخت باشن انشالله! (Khoshbakht baashan ensha'al-laah!)
[Pause]
Mehrnaz: خوشبخت باشن انشالله! (Khoshbakht baashan ensha'al-laah!)
John: Use this expression to show you're feeling warmhearted.
John: Her college friend, رضا (Rezaa), uses an expression meaning - "Did you have fun without me?"
Mehrnaz: (SLOW) بدون من خوش گذشت؟ (bedoon-e man khosh gozasht!)
(REGULAR) بدون من خوش گذشت؟ (bedoon-e man khosh gozasht!)
[Pause]
Mehrnaz: بدون من خوش گذشت؟ (bedoon-e man khosh gozasht!)
John: Use this expression to show you're feeling silly.
John: Her high school friend, سمیرا (Samiraa), uses an expression meaning - "This time I caught the bouquet again! Who's the next bride?"
Mehrnaz: (SLOW) این بارم (هم) من دسته گل رو (را) گرفتم! عروس بعدی کیه (چه کسی است)؟ (in baaram (ham) man dasteh gol ro (raa) gerftam! aroos-e ba'di ki-yeh (cheh kasi ast)?)
(REGULAR) این بارم (هم) من دسته گل رو (را) گرفتم! عروس بعدی کیه (چه کسی است)؟ (in baaram (ham) man dasteh gol ro (raa) gerftam! aroos-e ba'di ki-yeh (cheh kasi ast)?)
[Pause]
Mehrnaz: این بارم (هم) من دسته گل رو (را) گرفتم! عروس بعدی کیه (چه کسی است)؟ (in baaram (ham) man dasteh gol ro (raa) gerftam! aroos-e ba'di ki-yeh (cheh kasi ast)?)
John: Use this expression to be funny.

Outro
John: Okay, that's all for this lesson. If a friend posted something about a wedding, which phrase would you use? Leave us a comment letting us know. And we'll see you next time!
Mehrnaz: خداحافظ

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