4. Numbers, Age & Family
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🎯 Goals
- Learn numbers 1–10 in Persian.
- Say how old you are and ask others their age.
- Talk about your family (mother, father, siblings).
- Learn 6 more Persian letters.
💬 Useful Expressions — Numbers and Age
🔢 Numbers 1–10
| Number | Persian | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | یک | yek |
| 2 | دو | do |
| 3 | سه | se |
| 4 | چهار | chahâr |
| 5 | پنج | panj |
| 6 | شش | shesh |
| 7 | هفت | haft |
| 8 | هشت | hasht |
| 9 | نه | noh |
| 10 | ده | dah |
👶 Asking & Saying Your Age
| Persian | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| چند سالته؟ | chand sâlate? | How old are you? |
| من ... سالمه | man ... sâlamé | I am ... years old |
👨👩👧👦 Talking About Family
| Persian | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| مادر | mâdar | mother |
| پدر | pedar | father |
| خواهر | khâhar | sister |
| برادر | barâdar | brother |
| خانواده | khânevâdeh | family |
🧠 Grammar — Possessives Revisited
Possessive pronouns (my, your) are often expressed by attaching -am (my) or -et (your):
| English | Persian Example | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| My father | پدرم | pedaram |
| Your sister | خواهرت | khâharet |
🗣️ Dialogue
👤 A:
سلام! چند سالته؟
Salâm! Chand sâlate?
(Hello! How old are you?)
👤 B:
سلام! من بیست سالمه. تو چند سالته؟
Salâm! Man bist sâlamé. To chand sâlate?
(Hi! I am 20 years old. How old are you?)
👤 A:
من هجده سالمه. خانواده‌ات چند نفرن؟
Man hejdah sâlamé. Khânevâdet chand nafaran?
(I’m 18. How many people are in your family?)
👤 B:
پدرم، مادرم، یک خواهر و یک برادر دارم.
Pedaram, mâdaram, yek khâhar o yek barâdar dâram.
(I have my father, my mother, a sister and a brother.)
👤 A:
من فقط یک خواهر دارم.
Man faqat yek khâhar dâram.
(I only have a sister.)
📝 Vocabulary Review
| Persian | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| چند | chand | how many / how much |
| سال | sâl | year |
| سالمه | sâlamé | I am ... years old |
| خانواده | khânevâdeh | family |
| فقط | faqat | only |
| دارم | dâram | I have |
🧪 Exercise
Translate into Persian:
- How old are you?
- I am 25 years old.
- My mother and father.
- I have two brothers.
- I only have one sister.
Answers:
- چند سالته؟ — Chand sâlate?
- من بیست و پنج سالمه. — Man bist-o-panj sâlamé.
- مادرم و پدرم. — Mâdaram o pedaram.
- دو برادر دارم. — Do barâdar dâram.
- من فقط یک خواهر دارم. — Man faqat yek khâhar dâram.
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