7.10 Cultural Notes and Extra Online Materials
Cultural Notes
Food Habits
In Persian language, in addition to separate words for lunch and dinner, people use غذا/خوراک (food) as well. Typically, for both lunch and dinner, people eat a full meal.
چایی/Tea
چایی is one of the drinks that Iranian Middle Eastern people love to drink in the morning and in the evening with snacks. Additionally, چایی is often served in the office and is a drink for breaks during work or study.
چه خبر؟/اوضاع چطوره؟
چه خبر؟/اوضاع چطوره؟ Literally, it means “What’s the news?” But this is used to express “What’s up?” or “What is going on?”
School and Office Hours
In Iran, people generally go to work at 8 in the morning. For most offices like banks, the hours are 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Most shops are closing during lunch hours.
Daily Routine
When you ask about daily routines to Iranian people, they may just talk about their work/study. They may say how long they work and study.
Beginning of the Year in Iran/New Year in Iran
A new year in Iran begins on the first day of spring (spring equinox) and marks the beginning of first month of the year.
Beginning of the Week in Persian Calendar
In Iran, the first day of the week is Saturday and the only official day off is Friday (last day of the week).
Persian Calendar
Iranian calendar/Persian Solar Hijri calendar is one of the world’s most accurate calendar system, meaning that its time reckoning is based on the Earth’s movements around the sun. This is not the same as Hijri calendar that is being used by many Muslims around the world.
Structure: A year is divided into 12 months. The first 6 months have 31 days, month 7 to 11 have 30 days, and the last month has 29 days.
This information was taken from The Persian Solar Hijri Calendar. For more information and details please follow the link.
Persian Seasons
| English | Transliteration | Persian |
|---|---|---|
| Seasons | fasl ha | فصل ها |
| Spring | bahar | بَهار |
| Summer | tabestaan | تابِستان |
| Fall | paaeez | پاییز |
| Winter | zemestan | زِمِستان |
Months of Spring Season
| English | Transliteration | Persian |
|---|---|---|
| Spring Season | Fasl e Bahar | فَصلِ بَهار |
| March 21-April 20 | Farvardin | فَروَردین |
| April 21-May 20 | Ordibehesht | اُردیبِهِشت |
| May 21-June 20 | Khordaad | خُرداد |
Months of Summer Season
| English | Transliteration | Persian |
|---|---|---|
| Summer Season | Fasl e taabestaan | فَصل تابِستان |
| June 21-July 20 | Teer | تیر |
| July 21-August 20 | Mordad | مُرداد |
| August 21-September 20 | Shahrivar | شَهریوَر |
Months of Fall Season
| English | Transliteration | Persian |
|---|---|---|
| Fall Season | fasl e paaeez | فَصل پاییز |
| September 21-October 20 | Mehr | مِهر |
| October 21-November 20 | Aban | آبان |
| November 21-December 20 | azar | آذَر |
Months of the Winter Season
| English | Transliteration | Persian |
|---|---|---|
| Winter Season | Fasl e zemestaan | فَصل زِمستان |
| December 21-January 20 | Day | دی |
| January 21 -February 20 | Bahman | بَهمَن |
| February 21-March 20 | Esfand | اِسفَند |
Extra/Optional Online Materials
Wikipedia: Persian Verbs Present Tenses
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