Curriculum · Unit 2 · Lesson 11
My Family, Your Family
خانواده
After this lesson you can name the whole family, make anyone yours with -am (mâmânam), warm any name with jân — and never confuse your ammes with your khâles.
The phrase map
mâmân
mom
colloquial, everyday
bâbâ
dad
colloquial, everyday
dâdâsh
big brother
street-warm
âbji
big sister
street-warm
amme
dad's sister
aunt #1
khâle
mom's sister
aunt #2
amu
dad's brother
uncle #1
dâyi
mom's brother
uncle #2
-am · -et · -esh
my · your · her/his
one suffix system — mâmânam
jân
dear
after any name — Leila jân
The dialogue
| Leila | In mâmâname. In bâbâme. | This is my mom. This is my dad. |
| Sam | Khâlete? | Your khâle? |
| Leila | Na — amme-me! Amme — âbji-e bâbâme! | No — my AMME! Dad's sister! |
| Sam | Amme, khâle, amu, dâyi?! | Four words?! |
| Leila | In-am mâdar-bozorgame — Mâmân Pari! | And this is my grandma — Mâmân Pari! |
| Sam | MÂMÂN PARI?! | MÂMÂN PARI?! |
Possession is a suffix
One tiny sound on the end — mâmânam, mâmânet, mâmânesh: my, your, her mom. It works on every noun you'll ever learn.
The four aunts
Farsi splits aunts and uncles by side of family: amme/amu are dad's, khâle/dâyi are mom's. English has been lazy; Farsi has been paying attention.
🎧 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 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.