6 How many people are they?

📖 Dialogue

🌍 English Explanation

• آن‌ها کی هستند؟ → Who are they?
• چند نفر هستند؟ → How many people are they?
• اسم‌شان چیست؟ → What are their names?
• کجا؟ → Where?
• کی؟ → When?

👉 Key idea:
Persian question words are very important:

• کی = who / when (depends on context)
• چه = what
• کجا = where
• چند = how many
• چه وقت = when (more precise)

📘 Grammar: Question Words

Examples:

• او کیست؟ → Who is he?
• کجا می‌روی؟ → Where are you going?
• چند نفر هستند؟ → How many people are there?

📘 Grammar: Possession (ـشان)

• اسم‌شان = their name
• اتاق‌شان = their room
• کارشان = their work

👉 Structure:
noun + شان = their

Example:

• کتاب‌شان → their book

📘 Grammar: Location + Prepositions

• در = in
• کنار = next to
• روی = on
• زیر = under

Example:

• کتاب روی میز است → The book is on the table
• اتاق کنار دفتر است → The room is next to the office

🧠 Vocabulary

👥 People & Work

• کارمند — employee
• کارمندان — employees
• جدید — new
• رئیس — boss
• آقا — Mr.
• نفر — person (counting people)

❓ Question Words

• کی — who / when
• چه — what
• کجا — where
• چند — how many
• چه وقت — when

🏢 Places

• اتاق — room
• طبقه — floor
• کنار — next to
• شرکت — company
• مدرسه — school

📅 Time

• شروع — start
• می‌شود — becomes / starts
• از — from
• روز — day
• شنبه — Saturday

📘 Additional Vocabulary

• مدرک — certificate
• دیپلم — diploma
• لیسانس — bachelor
• فوق لیسانس — master
• تحصیلات — education
• ایمیل — email
• شماره تلفن — phone number
• شهر — city
• محل تولد — birthplace
• متأهل — married
• مجرد — single

Exercises

✏️ Exercise 1: Choose Correct Question Word

✏️ Exercise 2: Complete Sentences

✏️ Exercise 3: Arrange Words

✏️ Exercise 4: Personal Questions

🗣️ Speaking Practice

🎯 Key Learning Points

• Question words are essential in Persian
• Word order is flexible but usually:
  👉 Question word + sentence
• Possession uses suffixes:
  👉 ـم ، ـت ، ـش ، ـمان ، ـتان ، ـشان
• No “do/does” like English:
  👉 Persian is simpler in questions

Views: 50