Daily Life

Your day in Persian

This module is about daily life: the times of day, the things you do, and the places you go. As before, every word is shown three ways: the script, the sound (a simple transliteration in brackets), and the English. Persian reads from right to left.

Times of day

The parts of the day: - روز (ruz) = day - صبح (sobh) = morning - عصر (asr) = evening - شب (shab) = night

Match each word to its meaning

Everyday activities

Some common things you do each day (in the "to do" form): - خوردن (khordan) = to eat - نوشیدن (nushidan) = to drink - خوابیدن (khabidan) = to sleep - رفتن (raftan) = to go

Match each verb to its meaning

Spot the verb

Which word means "to eat"?

• خوردن (khordan)
• نوشیدن (nushidan)
• خوابیدن (khabidan)
• رفتن (raftan)

Places

Two places that fill a day: - مدرسه (madrese) = school - خانه (khane) = house / home So مدرسه رفتن (madrese raftan) means "to go to school".

Spot the word

Which word means "school"?

• مدرسه (madrese)
• خانه (khane)
• صبح (sobh)
• روز (ruz)

Actions, not things

Select the THREE words that are activities (verbs).

• خوردن (khordan)
• نوشیدن (nushidan)
• خوابیدن (khabidan)
• صبح (sobh)
• مدرسه (madrese)
• روز (ruz)

A day in order

Put this simple daily routine in order, from the start of the day to the end.

• صبح (sobh) - morning
• مدرسه رفتن (madrese raftan) - go to school
• خوردن (khordan) - eat
• خوابیدن (khabidan) - sleep

How the writing works

Persian uses the Perso-Arabic script, read from right to left, with the letters joined up into cursive words. There are no capital letters. Persian adds four letters of its own for sounds Arabic does not have: پ گ چ ژ (p, g, ch, zh).

Persian builds the sentence its own way

This module has taught the verbs in their infinitive form - the "to do" form. Here is how an infinitive turns into a statement:

Persian puts را after the thing being liked

Persian puts را after the thing being liked. Which of these says "I like sleeping"?

• من خوابیدن را دوست دارم (man khabidan ra dust daram)
• من را خوابیدن دوست دارم (man ra khabidan dust daram)
• من خوابیدن دوست دارم (man khabidan dust daram)
• صبح وقت خوردن است (sobh vaght-e khordan ast)

Describe a day

Choose the right word to describe each part of the day.

• To talk about the morning, which word?
• To say to go (to school), which verb?
• To say to sleep at night, which verb?

The right word

Using the script, complete: "morning" is _____, "school" is _____, "to eat" is _____, and "to sleep" is _____.

Daily life summary

Persian is written from _____ to left. The word for day is _____, and the word for school is _____. To say to eat, you use _____.