Cultural Life
Explore Persian words for festivals, family, music and food. Every word comes with its script, a transliteration to help you say it, and the English meaning.
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Cultural Life
Cultural life is about festivals, family, food, music and traditions. In this module you will learn the key Persian words for them. Persian is written right to left in its own script. Every word below is shown with its script, a transliteration in brackets to help you say it, and the English meaning.
Key words (1)
Learn these four cultural words:
Match each word to its meaning
- جشن (jashn)
- خانواده (khanevadeh)
- موسیقی (musiqi)
- غذا (ghaza)
- festival
- family
- music
- food
What musiqi means in Persian
What does the Persian word موسیقی (musiqi) mean?
- music
- food
- family
- festival
Key words (2)
Now four more words about celebrations:
Match each word to its meaning
- رقص (raghs)
- سنت (sonnat)
- آواز (avaz)
- مهمانی (mehmani)
- dance
- tradition
- song
- party
Cultural life
Select the TWO things that are part of cultural life.
- Celebrating festivals with family
- Enjoying music and dance
- Ignoring all traditions
- Never celebrating anything
Choose the Persian word
In Persian, the word for 'family' is _____, and the word for 'music' is _____.
A script of its own
Persian (Farsi) is written right to left in a script derived from Arabic, but Persian is a different language, not a form of Arabic. The transliteration in brackets is a pronunciation guide. The biggest celebration is نوروز (Nowruz), the Persian New Year, marked with family, food and music.
A special day
What does the Persian word جشن (jashn) mean?
- festival
- homework
- school
- the weather
Cultural life in action
Think about how cultural life works, using the words you have learned.
- During a festival, families gather to share...
- The Persian word موسیقی (musiqi) refers to...
- Traditions, سنت (sonnat), are...
One more
The Persian word for 'food' is _____, and the word for 'festival' is _____.
Your turn: write in Persian
Write two or three sentences IN PERSIAN about a festival and what is enjoyed at it. Write in Persian script - the transliteration in brackets is a reading aid only.
- Name it: جشن (jashn - a festival) or مهمانی (mehmani - a party)
- Say what you like with دوست دارم (dust daram - I like): غذا دوست دارم (ghaza dust daram - I like the food)
- Join two with و (va - and): موسیقی و رقص (musiqi va raghs), or add آواز (avaz - a song)
- Mention سنت (sonnat - tradition) or خانواده (khanevadeh - family)