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Apr 2011
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Speak Lesson 6 | How to Talk More About ...

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In this Persian (Farsi) language lesson, we expand on introducing family members to others, and we also learn how to count to ten in Persian! Also, we introduce a special guest at the end of the program. If you need a quick reference, the vocabulary for counting from one to ten in Persian is:

  • yek - one
  • - two
  • - three
  • chāhār (chār for short) - four
  • panj - five
  • sheesh - six
  • haft - seven
  • hasht - eight
  • noh - nine
  • dah - ten
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