

Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation
Chai & Conversation
Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation teaches you conversational Persian in a fun and casual manner in weekly lessons of about 15-20 minutes each. Check out our website chaiandconversation.com for more information.
Episodes
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Oct 1, 2012 • 17min
Speak Lesson 29 | More Present Continuous and Imperatives (!)
Lesson 29 teaches how to emphasize the present continuous tense and how to form imperative statements.

Sep 10, 2012 • 14min
Speak Lesson 28 | Habitual Actions
Lesson 28 teaches how to talk about habitual actions.

Aug 22, 2012 • 15min
Speak Lesson 27 | Present Continuous Tense
Lesson 27 teaches the present continuous tense.

Jul 23, 2012 • 12min
Speak Lesson 26 | Prepositions
Lesson 26 teaches prepositions.

Jun 16, 2012 • 17min
Speak Lesson 25 | Compound Verbs
Lesson 25 teaches compound verbs. Most compound verbs are constructed using the verbs shodan, to become, and kardan, to do. We'll conjugate these verbs, and learn how to construct compound verbs with them. We'll then conjugate those verbs in the past tense.

Jun 1, 2012 • 21min
Speak Lesson 24 | The Concept of ‘Ezafé’
Lesson 24 goes over the concept of ‘ezafe,’ which will allow you to communicate many things in the Persian language, including adjectives.

Apr 3, 2012 • 18min
Speak Lesson 23 | The Simple Past Tense
Lesson 23 goes over the simple past tense, including how to talk about what you did over the last weekend.

Feb 6, 2012 • 19min
Speak Lesson 22 | The verb ‘To Have’
Lesson 22 is all about the verb ‘to have,’ which will come in handy very soon in our upcoming grammar lessons.

Jan 26, 2012 • 17min
Speak Lesson 21 | The verb ‘To Be’
Lesson 21 is the first lesson in Unit 3 of Chai and Conversation! In this unit, we will be going over the fundamentals of grammar of the Persian language. This entire lesson is devoted to the verb ‘to be,’ and its many different forms.

Dec 23, 2011 • 13min