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Jul 2011
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Speak Lesson 12 | More Numbers, and the ...

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In this Persian / Farsi, we go beyond numbers one through twenty and learn how to say ALL the numbers. In addition, we learn the Persian words for the months of the year, the days of the week, and seasons. This is a very vocabulary rich lesson, so it might take some practice to get all the words commited to memory!

KEY CONCEPTS:

  • All numbers and how to put them together
  • The Persian days of the week
  • The months of the Western calendar
  • The seasons
  • Ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.)
  • How to say the date
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