3.2 Reading/Listening1: My Family

 “خانواده من “

image oh Pahlavi family
“Pahlavi Family” by Nickmard Khoey Historical Archive is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

In this session:

  • You will learn how to introduce your family members.

Family Members Vocabulary:

English Persian
Family خانواده
Relative اقوام / فامیل
Mother مادر
Father پدر
Brother برادر / داداش
Brother’s wife زن برادر / زن داداش
Sister خواهر
Sister’s husband شوهر خواهر
Paternal Grandfather پدر بزرگ
Paternal Grandmother مادر بزرگ
Maternal Grandfather پدر بزرگ
Maternal Grandmother مادر بزرگ
Father’s brother عمو
Father’s brother’s wife زن عمو
Father’s sister عمه
Father’s sister’s husband شوهر عمه
Mother’s brother دایی
Mother’s brother’s wife زن دایی
Mother’s sister خاله
Mother’s sister’s husband شوهر خاله
Half brother/sister برادر ناتنی/ خواهر ناتنی
Man مرد
Women زن
Grandchild نوه
Cousin ( father’s sister’ son) پسر عمه
Cousin ( father’s brother’s son) پسر عمو
Cousin ( father’s brother’s Daughter) دختر عمو
Cousin ( father’s sister’ daughter) دختر عمه
Cousin ( mother’s sister ‘son) پسر خاله
Cousin ( mother’s sister’ daughter) دختر خاله
Cousin ( mother’s brother’ son) پسر دایی
Cousin ( mother’s brother’ daughter) دختر دایی

Family After Marriage Vocabulary:

English Persian
Spouse همسر
Husband شوهر
Wife زَن
Son پِسَر
Daughter دُختَر
Daughter-in-law عَروس
Son-in-law داماد
Mother-in-law مادر شوهر/ مادر زن
Father-in-law پدر شوهر / پدر زن
Brother-in-law (for a man) برادر شوهر
Sister-in-law (for a man) خواهر شوهر
Brother-in-law (for a woman) برادر زن
Wife of a brother-in-law (for a woman) جاری
Sister-in-law (for a woman) خواهر زن
Husband of sister-in-law (for a woman) باجناق

Exercise 1:

Exercise 2

Pre-reading Activity 1:

Please respond to the following questions and write your response.

3.2 Pre- Activity Basic Persian

Pre-reading Activity 2:

Based on the above information, please draw a family tree.

Reading Activity: 

Sara and Kiana are in the same Persian class. Their teacher Mrs. Parsa  is asking them to collect information about each other’s family members. In this reading/listening, they are asking questions from each other. Please work with your partner and ask and answer questions:


English Persian
Sara: Hello Kiana! How are you? سارا: سلام کیانا. حالت چطوره؟
Kiana: I am okay. Thanks. Let’s start the work! !کیانا: من خوبم. ممنون. اجازه بده کار را شروع کنیم
Sara: My family lives in Chicago. And yours? سارا: خانواده من در شیکاگو زندگی می کند. شما چی؟
Kiana: My family lives in Detroit. کیانا: خانواده من در دیترویت زندگی می کنند
Sara: What is your mother’s name? سارا: اسم مادر شما چیه؟
Kiana: My mother’s name is Katayoun. What is your mother’s name? کیانا: اسم مادر من کتایونه. اسم مادر شما چیه؟
Sara: My mother’s name is Nasrin. What is your father’s name? سارا: اسم مادر من نسرینه. اسم پدر شما چیه؟
Kiana: My father’s name is keyvan. what is your father’s name? کیانا: اسم پدر من کیوانه. اسم پدر شما چیه؟
Sara: My father’s name is Ali. How many brothers and sisters do you have? سارا: اسم پدر من علی اِه.چند تا برادر و خواهر داری؟
Kiana: I am the only one. I don’t have brothers or sisters. Do you have brother and sister? کیانا: من تنها هستم. من برادر یا خواهر ندارم. آیا تو خواهر , برادر داری؟
Sara: Yes, I have one brother and two sisters. .سارا: بله, من یک برادر و دو خواهر دارم
Kiana: This is a very good. Okay, see you again, .کیانا: این خیلی خوب است. بعداً می بینمت

 

Exercise 3:

Answer these questions about yourself  in complete sentence:

3.2 Exercise 3

Writing Activity:

Based on the above information, Please write a few sentence about your family.

Listening Activity:

Listen to the audio and choose the matching image with the audio description that you hear:

Key Takeaways

  • You can ask and answer questions about your family.

 

 !سپاس

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