CHAI AND CONVERSATIONS

Question 1

Rang : رَنگ
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Rang’ha : رَنگها

Answer 1

Color
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Colors

Question 2

Seeyah : سیاه
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Answer 2

Black

Question 3

Sefeed : سِِفید

Answer 3

White

Question 4

Sorkh : سُرخ
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Quermez : قِرمِز

Answer 4

Red

Question 5

Naranjee : نارَنجی

Answer 5

Orange

Question 6

Zard : زَرد

Answer 6

Yellow

Question 7

Sabz : سَبز

Answer 7

Green

Question 8

Abee : ٍٍِِآبی

Answer 8

‌Blue

Question 9

Banafsh : بَنَفش

Answer 9

Purple

Question 10

Qahveyee/Ghahveyee : قَهوِیی

Answer 10

Brown

Question 11

Morgh : مُرغ
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Morgh’ha : مُرغ ها

Answer 11

Chicken
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Chickens

Question 12

This chicken is white

Answer 12

Een morgh sehfeed-eh : این مرغ سفیده
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Things to know: sehfeed + hast + ezafeh = sehfeed-eh
ٰVerbs come at the end of the sentence

Question 13

Ezafeh

Answer 13

It is used to link the adjective with the noun
— When the word ends with consonant —> -eh ( ه )
— When word ends with a vowel —> -yeh (یه) *
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e.g. morgh’e seeyah = black chicken
Morgh’ha-yeh seeyah = black chickens

Question 14

مرغِ سِفید : morghe sefeed

Answer 14

White chicken

Question 15

These chickens are black

Answer 15

Een morgh’ha seeyah-an : این مُرغها سیاهَن

Question 16

How do you make a word plural?

Answer 16

Word + -ha
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*E.g. Morgh’ha = chickens

Question 17

Morgh’ha-yeh seeyah
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Morgh’ha-yeh zard
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Morgh’ha-yeh naranjee

Answer 17

Black chickens
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Yellow chickens
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Orange chickens

Question 18

These chickens are black

Answer 18

Een morgh’ha seeyah-an : این مُرغها سیاهَن
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Seeyah + hastand [written] = seeyah-han [spoken, d becomes silent]

Question 19

Man ye morghe sefeed daram : مَن یِه مُرغِ سِفید دارَم

Answer 19

I have one (a) white chicken

Question 20

Een morgh koocheek-e :
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Een. morgh’ha koocheek-an :

Answer 20

Singular = This chicken is small
Plural = These chickens are small
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Singular = Koocheek + hast = koocheek-e
Plural = koocheek + hastand = koocheek-an
“This chicken small is” = structure
Noun + verbs becomes plural

Question 21

Een koocheektareen morgh-e : این کوچیک تَرین مُرغِِه

Answer 21

This is the smallest chicken
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Structure of sentence changes
Noun being described comes at the end of the sentence
To say something is the smallest = “tareen”

Question 22

Een morgh koocheektar-e : این مُرغ کوچیک تَره

Answer 22

This chicken is smaller

Question 23

Bozorg : بُزُرگ
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Bozorgtar : بُزُرگتَر
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Bozorgtareen : بُزُرگتَرین

Answer 23

Big
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Bigger
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Biggest

Question 24

Ferz : فِرز
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Ferztar : فِرزتَر
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Ferztareen : فِرز تَرین

Answer 24

Quick
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Quicker
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Quickest

Question 25

Kond : کُند
Kondtar : کُند تَر
Kondtareen : کُند تَرین

Answer 25

Slow
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Slower
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Slowest

Question 26

Ghashang : قَشَنگ
Ghashangtar : قَشَنگ تَر
Ghashangtareen : قَشَنگ تَرین

Answer 26

Nice-looking
Nicer-looking
Nicest-looking

Question 27

Zesht : زِشت
Zeshtar : زِشت تَر
Zeshtareen : زِشت تَرین

Answer 27

Ugly
Uglier-looking
Ugliest-looking

Question 28

این مُرغ سُرخ کُنده وَلی اون مُرغِ زَرد کُند تَره

Een morgh-e sorkh kond-e, valí oon morgh-e zard kondtar-e

Answer 28

This red chicken is slow, but that yellow chicken is slower

Question 29

Geroon : گِرون
Geroontar : گِرون تَر
Geroontareen : گِرون تَرین

Answer 29

Expensive
More expensive
Most expensive

Question 30

Arzoon : اَرزون
Arzoontar : اَرزون تَر
Arzoontareen : اَرزون تَرین

Answer 30

Cheap
Cheaper
Cheapest

Question 31

ماشین
Masheen

Answer 31

Car

Question 32

کُدوم
Kodoom

Answer 32

Which (one)?