Below is the popular children's book 'Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See' translated to the Persian (Farsi) language, complete with some original drawings of the animals! You can download a copy of the pages here to either print out or view on your device. We've included the phonetic English spelling of the Persian words so that you can read it even if you can't read in Persian! Please note that the translation is not direct from the English- it's been altered so that it will rhyme, which is important when reading this story to children. Please enjoy!
In this lesson, we learn to talk about our likes and dislikes. We introduce the concept of the 'direct object marker'. Also, we learn to talk about things we don't like. Likes and dislikes can include things, and can also include activities.
Although we’ve published a list of terms of endearment to call your Persian lover here on the Chai and Conversation blog before, and devoted an entire lesson to essential words and phrases for love and friendship, two terms of endearment are especially worthy of more lengthy discussion- aziz-am and joon-am.
In this lesson, we continue our conversation about jobs. We learn to talk about where we work, including words for places like an office, a restaurant and a hospital, and also to discuss whether or not we like our jobs.
In this lesson, we learn how to talk a bit more about your family, including talking about how many of each member of the family you have. In addition, we learn to count from one to ten. You can find the bonus materials for Lesson 6 here.
In this lesson, we learn all about the Persian tradition of celebrating birthdays. We also learn the lyrics to the Persian birthday song. However, we don't sing it. To hear it sung, check out this version sung by one of the best Iranian singers, Hayedeh.
