Useful Drills 113
New Words:
To teach = 
/dærs da:dæn/
To answer = 
/jæva:b da:dæn/. Also 
/pa:sokh da:dæn/
Question = 
/su:a:l/. Also 
/porsesh/
Questions = 
/su:a:la:t/. Also 
/su:a:la:/ (Mostly in daily conversation). Also 
/porsesh ha:/
To clean = 
/tæmiz kærdæn/
To wash = 
/shostæn/
Dishes = 
/bosh gha:b ha:/. Also 
/zærf ha:/
Roommate = 
/hæm ota:ghi/
Partner = 
/shærik/. Also /hæm ota:ghi/ if it refers to ‘roommate'.
To fix = 
/tæmir kærdæn/
To go shopping = 
/khærid kærdæn/. Also 
/khærid ræftæn/ mostly in daily conversation.
Waiter = 
/khedmæt ka:r/
Please translate the following sentences into Persian. ( Please do your best first. Then correct your translation with the answers below. No cheating please!)
1- I neither teach nor answer the questions!
2- You neither teach nor answer the questions!
3- He/she neither teaches nor answers the questions!
4- We neither teach nor answer the questions!
5- You neither teach nor answer the questions!
6- They neither teach nor answer the questions!
7- My teacher neither teaches nor answers the questions!
8- This teacher neither teaches nor answers the questions!
9- I neither clean the room neither wash the dishes!
10- You neither clean the room neither wash the dishes!
11- He/she neither cleans the room neither washes the dishes!
12- We neither clean the room neither wash the dishes!
13- You neither clean the room neither wash the dishes!
14- They neither clean the room neither wash the dishes!
15- My sister neither cleans the room neither washes the dishes!
16- My roommate neither cleans the room neither washes the dishes!
17- My partner neither cleans the room neither washes the dishes!
18- This young girl neither cleans the room neither washes the dishes!
19- I neither fix the bicycle nor go shopping!
20- You neither fix the bicycle nor go shopping!
21- He/she neither fixes the bicycle nor goes shopping!
22- We neither fix the bicycle nor go shopping!
23- You neither fix the bicycle nor go shopping!
24- They neither fix the bicycle nor go shopping!
25- My brother neither fixes the bicycle nor goes shopping!
26- His father neither fixes the bicycle nor goes shopping!
27- Their waiter neither fixes the bicycle nor goes shopping!
NOTE: As you see in numbers 1-8 or in 19-27 below, since the Persian verbs have one part in common (da:dæn) or (kærdæn), the second part is optional. That is why I have put them in parenthesis.
Question: In this word (Question = /su:a:l/), why we do not read it as / sæva:l/ or something? Simply because this word has one pronunciation and that is /su:a:l/!!
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