Curriculum · Unit 1 · Lesson 6
Where Are You From?
ایران
After this lesson you can ask and answer ahl-e kojâyi?, run the nationality machine (Irân → irâni), and deploy the hero sentence: ye kam fârsi baladam.
The phrase map
ahl-e kojâyi?
where are you from?
"of-where are you?"
Âmrikâ · âmrikâyi
America · American
place + i = person
Irân · irâni
Iran · Iranian
same machine, every country
âmrikâyi-am
I'm American
nationality + Lesson 1's -am
ye kam fârsi baladam
I know a little Farsi
the hero sentence
azizam
my dear
aziz + -am — you'll hear it a lot
The dialogue
| Mâmân Pari | Alo? Sâm jân?! | Hello? Sam dear?! |
| Sam | Salâm! Hâl-e shomâ chetore? | Hello! How are you? (formal — correct!) |
| Mâmân Pari | Ghorbânet, azizam! Ahl-e kojâyi? | Bless you, dear! Where are you from? |
| Sam | Âmrikâyi-am! | I'm American! |
| Mâmân Pari | Fârsi baladi?! | You know Farsi?! |
| Sam | Ye kam fârsi baladam! | I know a little Farsi! |
| Mâmân Pari | ÂFARIN! Âfarin, azizam! | BRAVO, my dear! (adopted) |
The adoption warning
Say the hero sentence to any Iranian, anywhere: you will be praised, fed, and introduced to a cousin. No known defense.
Tehrangeles
Los Angeles hosts the largest Iranian community outside Iran. Sam picked the right city.
🎧 Speak-along drill · 3.5 min
Headphones on, out loud, eyes free. Prompt → pause → you speak → native answer. This is where the lesson becomes yours.
Practice
Play the practice game for this lesson — listening rounds, matching, and dialogue replies, all in the real course voices. The PDF has 8 written exercises with an answer key.