Reading: In the following file you will find a small collection of Iranian short anecdotal stories to be read in the classroom.
Listening: A stand-up comedy performance during one of the popular Iranian TV shows - “Khandevaneh”.
Subject of Conversation: Comedy and jokes across cultures (کمدی و جوک‌ها در فرهنگ‌های مختلف)
Students will talk about the role of humor in their own culture and compare it to what they have learned about Iranian humor. They may share a funny story or a joke from their own language, then try to retell it in Persian. The focus will be on maintaining a light, conversational tone while using colloquial Persian.
Homework:
- Convert the text of the short stories from the reading section into literary Persian.
- Watch the stand-up performance from Khandevaneh and describe what is happening in Persian (in around 150-200 words).
- Continue compiling the list of “rules” of colloquial Persian. Add the patterns you’ve encountered today.
Vocabulary (Short Stories):
| Persian Word | Transcription | Translation |
| میرن (می روند) | miran | they go |
| میگه (می گوید) | mige | s/he says |
| بشینیم (بنشینیم) | bešinim | let us sit |
| اون (آن) | un | that |
| وسط | vasat | middle |
| پتو | patu | blanket |
| بنداز (بینداز) | bendāz | throw! |
| آخه (آخر) | āxe | but .... |
| میزنه (می زند) | mizane | s/he hits/strikes |
| بهمون (به ما) | behemun | to us |
| پهن کردن | pahn kardan | to spread |
| کامیون | kāmyun | truck |
| میاد (می آید) | miyād | s/he is coming |
| بوق زدن | buq zadan | to blow the horn |
| اونا (آنها) | unā | they |
| تکون خوردن (تکان خوردن) | tekun xordan | to move |
| فرمون (فرمان) | farmun | steering wheel |
| میپیچونه (می پیچاند < پیچاندن) | mipičune | s/he turns |
| حیوون (حیوان) | heyvun | animal |
| ماست | māst | yogurt |
| میده (می دهد) | mide | is giving |
| فلانی | folāni | such and such person |
| علت | ellat | cause |
| دیرباور | dirbāvar | sceptic |
| امانت گرفتن | amānat gereftan | to borrow |
| عرعر کردن | ‘ar’ar kardan | to bray |
| خفه شن (خفه شوند < خفه شدن) | xaffe šan | [that] they will shut up; let them be silent (derogative) |
| نمیذاره (نمی گذارد) | nemizāre | [she] is not allowing |
Vocabulary (Stand-up):