Chapter 5 (Eng --> Persian) Flashcards
(138 cards)
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full
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پُر
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April 3rd, the thirteenth day of spring. All Iranians must go outside or they believe bad luck will befall them. Then they throw their wheat sprouts in the running water.
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سیزده به در
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blossoms
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شُکُفه
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distance
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فاصله
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Nishabour (where Omar Khayyam was from)
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نیشابور
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picture, photograph
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عکس
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was taken (ex. a photograph)
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گرفته شدن
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after (ex. one week after Sizdabehzar = یگ هفته پس از سیزده به در)
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پس از
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before
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پیش از
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after
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بعد از
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before
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قبل از
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after
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پس از
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until
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تا
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over
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از روی
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in addition
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علاوه براین
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new
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نُو
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first
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اولین
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last
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آخرین
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interesting
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جالب
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Noruz (Iranian new year, March 21st)
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نوروز
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Farvardin (first month of the Iranian year)
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فروردین
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Haft-Sin (the Noruz table setting)
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سُفره هفت سین
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last Tuesday night of the year in the Iranian calendar
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چهار شنبه سوری
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table cloth
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سُفره
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celebration, festival
جَشن
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fire
آتَش
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game
بازی
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fireworks
آتَش بازی
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coin
سِکِه
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sumac
سُماق
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vinegar
سِرکه
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clothes
لِباس
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party
مِهمانی
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spouse
هَمسَر
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thing
چیز
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rights, salary, law (the subject)
حقوق
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art
هُنَر
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painting
نَقاشی
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countryside, nature
طبیعت
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outside, abroad
خارج
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inside
داخل
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number
(عَدَد (اعداد
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letter
(حرف (حروف
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word
(وَاژِه (واژگان
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word
(کَلَمِه (کلمات
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word
(لغت (لغات
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phrase
(عِبارت (عبارات
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sentence
(جُملِه (جملات
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paragraph
پاراگِراف
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article, essay
(مَقالِه (مقالات
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hour, o'clock, watch
(ساعت (ساعات
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minute
(دقیقه (دقایق
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second
ثانیه
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quarter
رُبع
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what?
چِه؟
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who?
کِی؟
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who? also "whose?" ex. این کتاب کی است؟ = whose book is this?
چِه کَسی؟
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when?
کَی؟
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which?
کُدام؟
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why? \*comes at beginning of sentence ex. why are you studying Persian? = چرا فارسی می خوانی؟
چِرا؟
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how many?
چَند؟
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how much?
چِقدَر؟
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to begin (intransitive)
(-شُروع شُدَن (شو
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to begin (transitive)
شُروع کردن
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can also act as a gerund/masdar (e.g. "studying, to study") e.g. من خواندن فارسی را پارسال شروع کردم I started studying/to study Persian last year.
infinitive: how can you use it?
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about
در مورد
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about
در بارهٔ
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about
راجع به
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each other e.g. همدگر را دوست دریم = we love each other
(همدگر (را
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Jesus
عیسی
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Messiah/Christ
مَسیح
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Christmas
کِریسمَس
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to celebrate
جشن کردن
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- word order is same as narrative sentences - yes/no questions either just change tone or the question word is added to beginning of the sentence - when asking a wh- question, the question word replaces the omitted word you're asking about - indirect questions = ex. I don't know if he is here = نمی دانم او اینجاست یا نه ex. I don't know what is name is = نمی دانم اسم او چیست
جمله پرسشی = Question words - give rules
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whom? ex. چه کسی را دوست داری؟ = whom do you like?
چه کسی را؟
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what (thing)? چه چیزی را دوست داری؟ = what do you like?
چه چیزی را؟
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- express feelings and emotions start with چه (how/what) and end with exclamation mark ex. how interesting! = !چه جالب - if followed by a noun, noun appears in indefinite ex. what (great) weather! = !چه هوایی - or use the formula: چه + اسم + صفت + ی - you can also use چقدر + صفت \ قید ex. how beautiful you've become! = !چقدر خوشگل شدی
جمله تعجبی = exclamatory sentences - give rules
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artist
هنرمند
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actor
هنرپیشه
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suffix for "profession"
پیشه-
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to introduce
معرفی کردن
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to keep, to hold
(-نِگَه داشتن (دار
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diverse, various
متنوع
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- cardinal is used before the noun - ordinal ending in م- goes AFTER the noun - ordinal ending in مین- goes BEFORE a noun, and is more emphatic irregular cardinal/ordinal: یگ ، اول ، اولین BUT NOTE that when doing 21, 31, 41, etc, the "1" becomes regular: بیست و یک ، بیست و یکُم ، بیست و یکمین
numbers: give the rules
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to be born (lit. to come into the world)
(-بدنیا آمدن (آ
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either ... or
یا ... یا
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to pass away (lit. to leave the world)
(-از دنیا رفتن (رو
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1. it is ... o'clock: ساعت .... است -- no ezafe 2. adverbial expressions of time take ezafe: ... ساعتِ in adverbial expressions of time ساعتِ is often omitted altogether 3. چه ساعتی (کلاس دارید) ؟ ساعت چند (کلاس دارید) ؟ 4. و نیم \ و سی دقیقه 5. و ربع \ و چهل و پنج دقیقه 6. یک ربع به 7. دقیقه به X
telling the time: give rules 1. regular 2. adverbial 3. asking "at what time...?" 4. half past 5. a quarter after 6. a quarter to 7. X minutes to...
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to see, to meet
(-دیدن (بین
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to meet
ملاقات کردن
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to arrive
(-رسیدن (رس
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how? ex. how's the weather? = هوا چطور است؟
چطور
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where?
کجا
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to know (generally, info, etc)
(-دانستن (دان
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to need X
به ـــ نیاز داستن
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now (lit. "this time")
این ترم
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makes next thing into an adverb of manner ex. "(they study) in a group" = (بطور گروهی (درس می خوانند
بطور ـــ
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to know (a skill, like driving or languages)
بلد بودن
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to know (someone, i.e. connaître)
(-شناختن (شناس
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revolution
انقلاب
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airplane
هَواپَیما
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to pass (over)
(-گذشتن (گذر
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همهٔ مردم
everyone
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spring
بَهار
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summer
تابِستان
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fall
پائیز \ پاییز
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winter
زَمِستان
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what for?
برای چه؟
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heat, fever
تاب
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time or place marker
ستان-
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for + possessive suffix (me, you, him/her, etc)
برای + م\ت\ش
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to set (a table); to pluck (a flower)
(-چیدن (چین
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to jump
(-پریدن (پر
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dangerous
خطرناک
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chess
شطرنج
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gold
طلا
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olive oil
روغَن زیتون
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to meet (someone)
با ـــــ آشنا شدن
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to get divorced, separated
جدا شدن
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(I, you, s/he, etc) is interested in --\> shortening of هستم، هستی ، etc
علاقمند + م\ت\ش
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childhood
بچگی
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purse
کیف
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key
کلید
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to find
پیدا کردن
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true
دُرُست
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ominous, unlucky
بدیمنی
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evil
بدی
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difficult
سختی
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to build, to make
(-ساختن (ساز
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description
شرح
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custom
سنت
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tradition
(رسم (رسوم
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to last, to take (time)
(-طول کشیدن (کش
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last night
دیشب
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to bring
(-آوردن (آور
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money
پول
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with me/you/him/etc (ex. to bring money with me)
با خودم\ت\ش
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last year
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