Curriculum · Unit 2 · Lesson 19
Question Words
چی؟ کی؟ کجا؟
After this lesson you can build any question by dropping a key into a statement: Kojâ miri? Key miyâd? Kodum film? — and you'll learn you've been asking questions since Lesson 2.
The phrase map
chi?
what?
ki?
who?
kojâ?
where?
key?
when?
cherâ?
why?
chetor?
how?
chetori decoded
kodum?
which?
soâl
question
soâl dâram
Kojâ miri?
where are you going?
key + machine
Cherâ nemiyâi?
why aren't you coming?
key + nemi-
The dialogue
| Leila | Bâzi — bist tâ soâl! | Twenty questions! |
| Sam | Chie? Ghazâ-st? | Is it food? |
| Leila | Na! | No! |
| Sam | Ki-e? | Is it a WHO? |
| Amir | Âre! | Yes! |
| Sam | Kojâ-st? Irân? | Where — Iran? |
| Sam | Châyi dust dâre? | Do they love tea? |
| Amir | Kheyli! | VERY much! |
| Sam | Midunam! Mâmân Pari-e! | It's Mâmân Pari! |
| Leila | ÂFARIN! | ÂFARIN! |
Drop the key in
A Farsi question is a statement with a key dropped where the answer would sit: Kojâ miri? — no auxiliary verbs, no reshuffling.
You already knew two
chetori = chetor + i. chie = chi + e. You've been asking questions since Lesson 2.
🎧 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.