Useful Drills 18
Practice makes perfect!
Note: Before doing these homeworks, make sure you have learned the previous words fluently.
New words:
To be = 
/bu:dæn/. Listen! I was = 
/mæn bu:dæm/. Listen! They were not = 
/a:nha: næbu:dænd/. Listen!
I was at home = 
/mæn dær kha:neh bu:dæm/. Listen!
At/in = 
/dær/.
Home = 
/kha:neh/. Listen!
Street = 
/khiya:ba:n/. Listen!
In street = 
/dær khiya:ba:n/. Listen!
To come = 
/a:mædæn/ Listen! She came = 
/u: a:mæd/Listen! She didn't come =
/u: næya:mæd/ Listen!
Teacher = 
/moæl.lem/. Listen! ==> /l.lem/ means that the letter 'L' is emphasized: Tashdid.
Week = 
/hæfteh/. Listen!
Last = 
/gozæshteh/. Listen!
Last week = 
/hæfteh ye gozæshteh/. Listen!
Absent = 
/gha:yeb/. Listen!
Homework = 
/mæshgh/. Listen!
To do homework = 
/mæshgh neveshtæn/. Delete 
/nu:n/ and you'll have /mæshgh nevesht/. I did my homework. 
/mæn mæshghæm ra: neveshtæm/. Listen!
Letter = 
/na:meh/. Listen!
This week = 
/in hæfteh/
To talk to somebody = 
/ba: 'somebody' sohbæt kærdæn/.
I talked to him. 
/ mæn ba: u: sohbæt kærdæm/. Listen!
Boy = 
/pesær/. Listen!
This boy = 
/in pesær/.
Girl = 
/dokhtær/. Listen!
Night = 
/shæb/. Listen!
Last night = 
/dishæb/. Listen!
Please translate the following sentences into Persian.
Note 1: Just follow the rule: subject + object + time + place + verb. If any of these items is absent, simply skip over it to reach the next one. For example: in ' I was at home yesterday', we have this rule: subject + time + place + verb. Is it clear?
Note 2: Please note that for 'The + noun' in English, we have only 'noun' in Persian. For example: The door = /dær/.
Note 3: Please do your best to do it all first. Then, if you want to be sure, look for the answers at the bottom of this page. No cheating!!
1-I saw your friend in the street today.
2-My teacher didn't come last week.
3-My friend was absent yesterday.
4-She wrote a letter this week.
5-She didn't write a letter last week.
6-They didn't do their homework last night.
7-We were not at home last week.
8-She didn't talk to her friend yesterday.
9-My father didn't build this bridge last year.
10-This boy broke the window yesterday.
11-This girl didn't break the window yesterday.
NOTE: As you know, the structure of sentences in Persian is this: subject + object + time + place + verb. Sometimes, however, 'time' could stand before 'object' like what you see in this drill (Numbers 4- 5- 6). Either way is Correct. There is a slight differrence in them though, but don't worry, it is not very fatal (at least for beginners)!! I beleive I have explained this somewhere during our next lessons. Unfortunately, I don't remember the lesson's number!
Note: try to memorize the sentences as much as possible.
