Persian to English lines 1-17 English to Persian
Persian to English lines 18-46
English to Persian
Class project ideas: The following topics come up in this story. Get into groups with native speaker consultants, if possible. Try to design a useful exercise (fill-in-the-blank, flashcards, scrambled sentence, question/answer, translation, matching, opposites, game of any kind, etc) using vocabulary from the story (as much as possible) to practice that topic. There should be a Spoken/Colloquial (e.g. un khune dāre) and Written/Formal (e.g. u khāne dārad) version of each exercise. An audio component is also highly desirable, as you know! Please try to make a useful exercise so others can profit from your knowledge. Thank you!
Vocabulary
1. Review seasons of the year.
2. Review colors. Lists: Easy 1 2 Flashcards: Easy 1 2
3. Review animals
4. Review clothing:
Grammar:
word order:
kafsh-hā-ye sabz-e man
māl-e
plurals in -hā: javāne-hā, barf-hā; javāne-ā, barf-ā, kafsh vs kafsh-hā, kafshā
plurals in -ān (usually only for living things): derakht-ān
ham (also): `alaf-hā ham
har (every, each, all): har jā mikhāhi, beravi, har rangi
sefid-am (my white....) vs sefid-ham/sefid-am (white also)
very: sefid-e sefid: very white, tond-e tond: very fast
prepositions
ru-ye / ru (beruye vs beravi: on vs that you go)
(dar) lā-be-lā-ye = dar mīān-e / miun-e
por/ por az / por-e
bedun-e
be bāgh raftam / raftam bāgh
dar khāne budam / tu khune budam / khune budam
mabāda vs kāsh
ke (relative)
kafsh-e sabzam rā ke gom shode bud....paydā kardam
verbs
simple verbs:
gereftan: barf gereft, bārān gereft
māndan: mimānam = I remain (present sense) / I will remain (future sense
compound verbs:
gom shodan / nāpadid shodan
gom kardan / nāpadid kardan
Medium
sentence connectors
dar `āvaz
ān-vaqt
ammā, ....
khaste ammā khoshhāl
vaqti bidār shodi.... vs kay bidār shodi
ezāfe
kafsh-hā-ye pesar-e man, qanāri-ye zard-e kuchak
no ezāfe:
yek joft kafsh (not joft-e kafsh)
-i (nouns)
yek sefid-i : one white thing
rā
dust dāshtan with or without rā: safar dar tābestān rā dust dāshtand vs safar dar tābestān dust dārand
verbs
compound verbs
yeki shodan
āvāz khāndan
āb shodan
faryād zadam
derāz keshidan
jast-o khiz kardan
if then never again:
agar....digar nakhāham .... if.... then I'll never again .....
particple
khargush-e sefidam rā didam ke miāmad: I saw my white rabbit coming toward me
Hard