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Persian Podcasts / پادکست فارسی 

شهر رشت / Rasht city

Grammar Point: The verb (to be) boodan
While reading the Conversation, you might have wondered why the counterpart of the English verb “is” in Farsi (ast )
had different forms in different places. For instance, when Nasrin introduced her husband to her mom, she said, In
Dānieleh (This is Daniel). In another place, Nasrin asked her mom, Farzād kojāst? (Where is
Farzad?).
Like English, Farsi also uses both full and contracted forms of the verb to be. In English, we can say, “I am happy,” “Jane is
beautiful,” and “You are smart,” or we can contract the verb and say, “I’m happy,” “Jane’s beautiful,” and “You’re smart.” In
the same way, Nasrin used contracted forms of the be-verb.
Like most Indo-European languages, Farsi verbs are conjugated. Conjugation means that speakers attach endings to verbs
that provide information about the person, number, and tense of a verb. In Farsi, very often pronouns are omitted from
sentences because the verb endings imply the pronoun.

more examples:

مُعَلِّمَم=معلمم   moallemam = moallem hastam = I'm a teacher.
دُکتُری= دکتری؟  Doctori?        = Doctor hasti?        = are you a doctor?
تاجِره= تاجره       Tajere            = Tajer hast              = he's/she's a business(wo)man.
خُوشحالیم = خوشحالیم   khosh'halim =khosh'hal hastim= we're happy.
ناراحَتین؟= ناراحتین          narahatin? = narahat hastin? = are you unhappy?
تو راهَن؟= تو راهن؟         tu rahan? = tu rah hastan? = are they on the way?


Farsi (Persian) pods

The verb (to be) boodan = بودن

Paola e Giuseppe parlano un po' dei loro interessi e dei loro hobby.

Un viaggio pieno di sorprese! 

Capitolo 7 - Il tempo libero

Duración: 7 minutos
Hablé con Sueda (profesora de turco), sobre este baile tradicional nacido en Konya y símbolo del movimiento de los planetas del sistema solar.

Mucho que decir

La danza de los derviches 🎧

一. Dialogue 对话

A：今晚我和丽丽想去K歌，你要不要来？ 
Jīn wǎn wǒ hé lì lì xiǎng qù K gē ，nǐ yào bú yào lái ？ 

B：我不太会唱歌。我怕我唱不好。 
wǒ bú tài huì chàng gē 。wǒ pà wǒ chàng bÙ hǎo 。 

A：没关系的，一起玩开心就好啦！ 
méi guān xì de ，yī qǐ wán kāi xīn jiù hǎo lā ！

二. Words & Expressions: 

 1.【今晚】jīn wǎn: tonight 

 2.【歌】gē: song 

 3. 【唱歌】chàng gē: sing 
 
 4. 【怕】pà：be afraid of, fear 

 5. 【开心】kāi xīn : happy

三. Dialogue Explanation: 
 1. 今晚我和丽丽想去K歌，你要不要来？ 
Jīn wǎn wǒ hé lì lì xiǎng qù K gē ，nǐ yào bú yào lái ？ 
Lily and I want to go to Karaoke tonight, do you want to to join us? 

2. 我不太会唱歌。我怕我唱不好。 
Wǒ bú tài huì chàng gē 。wǒ pà wǒ chàng bÙ hǎo 。 
I’m not good at singing, I’m afraid that I can’t sing well. 
 note: "不太“ literally means "not too", which means "not very" or "not so". 

 3. 没关系的，一起玩开心就好啦！ 
Méi guān xì de ，yī qǐ wán kāi xīn jiù hǎo lā ！ 
Don’t worry, let’s just have fun together! 

 ☞ (不太会唱歌和唱不好是)没关系的= 没关系的 abbr. 
 
 ☞The "是... 的" construction for emphasizing details
the 是⋯⋯的 construction is frequently used when asking or telling details about the past.Although this structure is called the 是⋯⋯的 construction, the 是 is nearly always optional. You will often hear this structure with 是 omitted, so be aware. The only time 是 is required in this construction is when it's being negated. Other than that, 是 is commonly omitted.

e.g. 1
A: 你 骑 自行车 来 的 吗 ？(Emphasizing "by bike")
     nǐ qí zìxíngchē lái de ma?
      Did you come by bike? 

B: 我 走 来 的 。(Emphasizing "by foot")
     Wǒ zǒu lái de.
     I came by foot.

 e.g.2
A: 谁 告诉 你 的 ？(Emphasizing "who")
    shéi gàosu nǐ de?
     Who told you? 

B: 一 个 同事 告诉 我 的 。(Emphasizing "a colleague")
    yī gè tóngshì gàosu wǒ de.
    A colleague told me.




Learn Chinese with Lucky Yancy

1. 去唱歌 Go To Karaoke 

JIM: Who’s the tall woman next to Barbara?
CHARLES: That’s her friend Mary. Didn’t you meet her at 
Steve’s party?
JIM: No, I wasn’t at Steve’s party.
CHARLES: Oh! Then let me introduce you to her now. Mary, this is
my friend Jim.
MARY: Hi, Jim. Nice to meet you.
JIM: You, too. Would you like a drink?
MARY: Sure, let’s go get one.


LANGUAGE NOTES
• “Who’s” is the contracted form of who is. It is pronounced the same way as “whose” (/
huwz/), but the meaning is different.
• Didn’t you meet her …? Notice that this is a negative question. Charles thought that Jim 
had met Mary before. He is now surprised that Jim does not know Mary, and so he uses a 
negative question to show his surprise.
• I wasn’t at Steve’s party. Notice that the emphasis here is on “at” although prepositions 
normally have weak stress. In this case, “at” means “there” (I wasn’t there).
• Mary, this is my friend Jim. This is a friendly way to introduce two people. It’s 
common to follow this with “Jim, this is Mary.” In this case, Mary says “Hi, Jim” first.
• Nice to meet you. This is a typical response after you’ve been introduced to someone.
• “Sure” is often used in informal conversation to mean “yes.”

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day4: Informal Introduction in English

just a cute little episode about language learning journey

Useful expressions:

на усвоение базовых навыков общения 
изучать язык самостоятельно
свободно переключаются между этими языками
начать говорить на новом языке на бытовые темы 
поддерживать смол-толк
не останавливаться на пороговом уровне

Linking phrases:

вторым немаловажным фактором является то
и в правду
в заключении можно сказать
однако


Виниловые пластинки

Билингвы тратят мало времени на каждый новый язык

yí wèi lǎo yé yé tiāo zhe yì dàn cǎo mào，  
一位老爷爷挑着一担草帽，
dào chénɡ li qù mài。 
到城里去卖。
tiān qì hěn rè，tā ná chū yì dǐnɡ cǎo mào，
天气很热，他拿出一顶草帽，
bǎ tā dài zài tóu shanɡ。 
把它戴在头上。
zǒu zhe zǒu zhe，tā jué de lèi le， 
走着走着，他觉得累了，
jiù zuò zài yì kē dà shù xià xiū xi。
就坐在一棵大树下休息。
hū rán，yì qún wán pí de hóu zi cónɡ shù shànɡ tiào xià lái， 
忽然，一群顽皮的猴子从树上跳下来，
qiǎnɡ zǒu le lǎo yé yé shēn biān de cǎo mào。 
抢走了老爷爷身边的草帽。
hóu zi men xìnɡ ɡāo cǎi liè de huí dào shù shanɡ， 
猴子们兴高采烈地回到树上，
mó fǎnɡ lǎo yé yé de yànɡ zi， 
模仿老爷爷的样子，
bǎ cǎo mào dài zài tóu shanɡ。 
把草帽戴在头上。
lǎo yé yé jí de mǎn tóu dà hàn， 
老爷爷急得满头大汗，
tā zhāi xià cǎo mào， 
他摘下草帽，
yì biān shān，yì biān xiǎnɡ bàn fǎ。
一边扇，一边想办法。
hóu zi men kàn jiàn le， 
猴子们看见了，
yě bǎ cǎo mào zhāi xià lái， 
也把草帽摘下来，
ná zài shǒu li yáo lái yáo qù。
拿在手里摇来摇去。
zhè shí，lǎo yé yé xiǎnɡ chū le yí ɡè hǎo bàn fǎ。 
这时，老爷爷想出了一个好办法。
tā bǎ cǎo mào rēnɡ zài dì shanɡ。 
他把草帽扔在地上。
hóu zi men kàn jiàn le，  
猴子们看见了，
yě bǎ cǎo mào cónɡ shù shànɡ rēnɡ le xià lái。
也把草帽从树上扔了下来。
lǎo yé yé fēi kuài de jiǎn qǐ cǎo mào，ɡǎn mánɡ zǒu le。 
老爷爷飞快地捡起草帽，赶忙走了。

CHINESE STORY中文故事

猴子戴草帽

En este episodio te explico qué es lo que los españoles llamamos la cuesta de enero.  Enero normalmente es un mes difícil. Después de la alegría de las fiestas de Navidad, las comidas y los regalos, toca volver a la realidad, y empezamos a pensar en el dinero que hemos gastado, en los propósitos que no estamos cumpliendo y en las rebajas. 