Curriculum · Unit 2 · Lesson 18
The Full Machine
می + ر + م
After this lesson the present tense is yours: all six persons of any verb (miram → miran), negation with nemi-, questions by melody (Miyâi?), and the eternal miyâi yâ nemiyâi?
The phrase map
mi + stem + ending
the machine
one pattern, every verb
-am -i -e -im -in -an
the six endings
same as dâshtan
nemi-
the flip
nemiram
Miyâi?
are you coming?
melody up
miyâd
she's coming
miyâim
we're coming
Miyâi yâ nemiyâi?
coming or not?
the group-chat classic
jom'e
Friday
the one-day weekend
The dialogue
| Amir | Jom'e — piknik! Miyâi? | Friday — picnic! Coming? |
| Sam | Miyâm! | I'm coming! |
| Amir | Leila miyâd? | Is Leila coming? |
| Sam | Nemidunam… | No idea… |
| Leila | Miyâm, miyâm! | I'm coming, I'm coming! |
| Sam | Chi mikhorim? | What are we eating? |
| Amir | Kabâb! | KABÂB! |
| Leila | Midunim, Sâm jân. Midunim. | We know, Sam. We know. |
One machine, every verb
miram, miri, mire… swap the stem (khor, bin, dun) and the same six endings carry you. Learn once, own forever.
Questions cost nothing
Same words, rising melody: Miyâi? Farsi never learned word-order gymnastics.
🎧 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.