Curriculum · Unit 2 · Lesson 12
What's This? What's That?
این چیه؟
After this lesson you can point at anything and ask what it is (In chie?), answer with the little -e (ketâbe!), and pick the right yes/no for the room: âre/na with friends, bale/nakheir with elders.
The phrase map
in
this
near you
un
that
over there
In chie?
what's this?
the master key
ketâb
book
gushi
phone
miz
table
sandali
chair
estekân
tea glass
the tray
ghand
sugar cube
the tray
châyi
tea
colloquial
The dialogue
| Amir | Sâm jân! Châyi? | Sam dear! Tea? |
| Sam | In chie? | What's THIS? |
| Amir | Estekân! | The little tea glass! |
| Sam | Un chie? | And THAT? |
| Amir | Un? Ghand! | That? Sugar! |
| Sam | Âhâ — in gushi-e? | Ohh — is this a phone? |
| Amir | Na — un mize! Miz! | No — that's a TABLE! |
| Amir | In châyi-e, Sâm jân! Châyi! | THIS is tea, Sam dear! |
The lazy -e
Farsi's 'is' is just -e on the end: ketâbe = it's a book, mize = it's a table. You already know it from mâmâname.
Rising melody
In gushi-e? with rising tone = is this a phone? No question word needed.
🎧 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.