Curriculum · Unit 2 · Lesson 14
Describing Things
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After this lesson you can hook any description to any thing (farsh-e ghermez), exclaim like a native (Che khune-ye ghashangi!), and survive the compliment-deflection you'll hear back.
The phrase map
bozorg
big
kuchik
small
ghashang
beautiful
khoshmaze
delicious
nou
new
say it like “no”
kohne
old
things, not people
sefid
white
siyâh
black
ghermez
red
âbi
blue
sabz
green
khune
house
colloquial
farsh
carpet
the pride of the room
Che …-i!
WHAT a …!
the built-in wow
The dialogue
| Mâmân Pari | Khosh umadi, azizam! | Welcome, dear! |
| Sam | Che khune-ye ghashangi! | WHAT a beautiful house! |
| Mâmân Pari | Cheshmet ghashang mibine! | Your eyes see beautifully! |
| Sam | Chi?! | …what?! |
| Mâmân Pari | Shirini-e khoshmaze! | Delicious sweets — for you! |
| Sam | Vây… kheyli khoshmaze-st! | Wow… SO delicious! |
The hook
The little e (ye after vowels) chains thing to description: miz-e kohne, khune-ye bozorg, gorbe-ye siyâh. One sound, infinite compliments.
The deflection
Compliment a home and you may hear cheshmet ghashang mibine — 'your eyes see beautifully.' Don't answer it. Smile.
🎧 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.