Curriculum · Unit 1 · Lesson 10
Checkpoint 1: Your First Mehmuni
مهمانی
No new words — one Persian evening, door to door, using everything from Unit 1. Includes the graded listening and your first self-recording task.
The phrase map
The door
salâm → to chetori?
greet & bounce back
Introductions
man … hastam · khoshbakhtam
two ways + the beautiful reply
The tea
befarmâid → na merci → bâshe!
the full ta'ârof dance
The age game
chand sâlete? → si-o-yek
lie charmingly
Tehran calls
ye kam fârsi baladam
the hero sentence, deployed
The goodbye
shab bekheir · khodâhâfez
end like a local
The evening — highlights
| Leila | Salâm! Chetori? | Hello! How are you? |
| Sam | Khubam, merci! To chetori? | Good! And YOU? |
| Leila | Befarmâid — chây! | Please — tea! |
| Sam | Na, merci! … Bâshe — kheyli mamnun! | (the dance, performed) |
| Amir | Chand sâlete? | How old are you? |
| Sam | Bâshe… si-o-yek! | Fine… thirty-one! |
| Mâmân Pari | Alo? Sâm jân?! | (video call) Sam dear?! |
| Sam | Ye kam fârsi baladam! | I know a little Farsi! |
The graded listening
Second half of the video: the whole evening at natural speed, no captions. Catch 10+ lines = passed.
The recording task
Voice-memo yourself playing Sam — full script in the PDF. Name it "Farsi — Unit 1" and keep it forever.
🎧 Speak-along drill · 3 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 — real course voices, listening rounds, and dialogue replies. The PDF has the written exercises and the full recording script.