Session 5 - 9/12/15 man fekr mikonam kheili tabi'i javAb dAdi = I think you are speaking very natural tabi'i = natural do hafteh hast ke mA sohbat nakardim, dorosteh? = We have not talked in two weeks, correct? man emrooz barAye yek moqeiat-e docotrA apply kardam = Today I am applying for a doctorate program apply = darkhAst or apply moqe'iat = position omidvAram moafaq bAshi = I hope you be successful kheili sakht-e=it is really difficult na, vali kheili vakht mi-khAd = No, it takes a lot of time vaqt / vakht = time vali or ammA = but omid= hope omidvAram = i have hope omidvAram khoob be-shi = i hope you will be ok omivAr-am man be irAn be-ram = I hope I can go to Iran raft-an = to go last month = mAh-e qabl mAh-e qabl be chicago raftam = I went to Chicago last month last week =hafte-ye qabl last month = mAh-e qabl last year = sAl-e qabl next week = hafte-ye ba'd next month = mAh-e ba'd bad = bad next = ba'd mAh-e ba'd man be sAnfrAnsisko mi-ram = I will go to San Francisco next month tAbestoon-e ba'd man be TehrAn mi-ram = I will go to Tehran next summer ye lahze lotfan lahze = moment gooshi dast-et = keep the hand set in your hand when you are at the phone :D keep the line gooshi= hand set gooshi dastet = keep the hand set gooshi = You can say this with a cell phone too man alAn didam-esh = i now saw it i ate it= man alAn khordam-esh khAnd-an = to read khord-an = to eat i now read it = man alAn khAnd-am-esh hour= sA'@ (sA'at) minute = daqiqe second= sAnieh a quarter = rob' one and a quarter = yek o rob', but you don't say this -- just rob and = o (spoken form) = va (written form) it is 11:15= sA'at yAzdah o poonzdah daqiqe ast sA'at chand-e?= what time it is -e = be a quarter to= yek rob be it is a quarter to 9 = sA'@ yek rob' be 9 ast it is 10:45 = sA'@ dah va 45 daqiqeh ast it is half past 6 = sA'@ shish o nim ast khAb-et miAd = the sleepiness is coming toward