Grammar: Today, we will learn about the present continuous tense, including its structure and function.
Reading: Fereydoun Vahman has written an article that explains the connection between Iranian identity and the celebration of Nowruz: نوروز، هویت ملی و دینی ایرانیان
Listening: In this podcast by BBC Persian, we will explore the origin of Yalda, also known as the birth of the sun: یلدا از کجا میآید
Conversation topic: How did historical festivals survive for centuries
Homework:
- Monologue: introduce your favorite national celebration, festival, or holiday.
- Review the new words and compose ten new sentences.
Vocabulary:
| Persian | Transcription | English |
| نکته | nokte | point |
| جهان | jahān | world |
| به همپیوسته | be ham peyvaste | joined, attached |
| لذا | lezā | hence, therefore |
| بزرگداشت | bozorgdāšt | commemoration |
| برگزاری | bargozāri | holding |
| لزوماً | lozuman | necessarily |
| به عبارت دیگر | be ʿebārat-e digar | in other words |
| دستخوش | dastxoš | here: effected |
| تغییرات | taƴyirāt | changes |
| بر مبنا | bar mabnā | based on |
| مفاخر | mafāxer | sources of pride |
| زردشتیان | zardoštiyān | Zoroastrians |
| پاسدار | pāsdār | protector |
| منسوب بودن | mansub budan | to be attributed |
| نگاشته شدن | negāšte šodan | to be written |
| دامداری | dāmdāri | animal husbandry |
| سر و کار داشتن | sar o kār dāštan | to deal with something |
| دوام | davām | permanence, continuity |
| بقا | baqā | permanence |
| روئیدن | ruyidan | to grow |
| افسانه | afsāne | fable, legend, myth |
| اساطیری | asātiri | mythological |
| ارواح | arvāh | ghosts |