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INTRODUCTION
This lesson is very straightforward—we’re going to cover counting zero through ten. So let's jump right in!
GRAMMAR POINT
0 Sefr
(slow) sefr
sefr
1 yek
(slow) yek
yek
2 do
(slow) do
do
3 se
(slow) se
se
4 chahaar
(slow) cha - haar
chahaar
5 panj
(slow) panj
panj
6 shesh
(slow) shesh
shesh
7 haft
(slow) haft
haft
8 hasht
(slow) hasht
hasht
9 noh
(slow) noh
noh
10 dah
(slow) dah
dah
When you count things, the number comes first, followed by the thing. For example, “one person” is
Yek nafar
Let’s break it down:
(slow) yek na - far
Once more:
Yek nafar
“Two people” would be
Do nafar
(slow) do na - far
Do nafar
As you may have noticed, the noun doesn’t change when there’s more than one of it, as it would in English.
“Five people” is
Panj nafar
(slow) panj na - far
panj nafar
Numbers can be very useful, especially when shopping in Iran.
Imagine you are buying some presents to bring back to your country. You’ve chosen two bottles of syrup in a nice shop.
“Two bottles of syrup, please.”
Do shishe sharbat, lotfan.
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Do shi – she shar – bat lot - fan.
Once more:
Do shishe sharbat, lotfan.
Do, as you already know, means “two.”
Shishe means “bottle.”
(slow) shi - she
shishe
And sharbat, means “syrup.”
(slow) shar - bat
sharbat
I’m sure you don’t need reminding that lotfan is “please”
The whole request, then, is
Do shishe sharbat, lotfan.
Now imagine you want to buy some Persian nuts.
“A packet of Persian nuts, please” is
yek paakat aajil, lotfan.
Let’s break that down:
(slow) yek paa – kat aa – jil, lot - fan.
Once again:
yek paakat aajil, lotfan.
Yek, as we’ve seen plenty of times by now, means
“one.”
Paakat means “packet.”
(slow) paa - kat
paakat
And aajil means “Persian nuts.”
(slow) aa - jil
aajil
All together, it’s
yek paakat aajil, lotfan.

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