Sara XXXIV

Question 1

complicated/complex

Answer 1

Pichide

Question 2

simple

Answer 2

Saade

Question 3

to make things complicated

simplify

Answer 3

pichide kardan

saade kardan

Question 4

experience

Answer 4

Tajrobe

Question 5

Don’t need “taa” after chand since functions as unit of measurement. (kilo, etc). But with baar it’s the unit.

Answer 5

Bale hitchhiking o couchsurfing chand baar emtehaan kardeam

Question 6

Gaah is suffix for place

Jaa: place جا

Answer 6

daanesh-gaah, khaab-gaah (dorm)

Question 7

in addition

Answer 7

Hamchenin

Question 8

to sleep
to put to sleep

every night after putting to bed my son

Answer 8

Khaabidan: to sleep
Khaabundan: to put X to bed

harshab b’ad az khaabundan-e bacham

Question 9

politics

Answer 9

si-yaa-sat

Question 10

even though according to me speaking about politics in farsi is hard i was able to speak a little

Answer 10

baa inke be nazar-am sohbat kardan darbaareye si-yaa-sat be Farsi (in farsi **) sakht bud, amaa man tunestam yek kami sohbat konam.

Question 11

esfehan is half of the world

Answer 11

Esfahan, nesf-e jahaan

Question 12

happy/glad

Answer 12

Khosh-haal

Question 13

state of being

Answer 13

Haal

Question 14

it’s interesting

it’s interesting that….

Answer 14

Jaaleb e. : that’s interesting

Jaaleb e ke …: it’s interesting that …

Question 15

FIL

MIL

Answer 15

Pedar khaanum: father in law

Maadar khaanum: mother in law

Question 16

someone

Answer 16

(yek) kasi

Question 17

an iranian grandfather sees his granddaughter

Answer 17

Yek pedar-e-bozorg-e–y-irani nave-dokhtar-esh (r)o mibine

• don’t need preposition after mibinan

Question 18

surprised

to be surprised

Answer 18

Ghaafel-gir: surprised

Ghaafel-gir shodan: to be surprised

Question 19

to grow up

Answer 19

bozorg shodan

Question 20

he’s surprised because she’s all grown up

Answer 20

Un ghaafelgir shod baraaye inke, un kheli ziad-e-bozorg shode bud (past perfect)