Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation
Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation teaches you conversational Persian in a fun and casual manner in weekly lessons of about 15-20 minutes each. Check out our website chaiandconversation.com for more information.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 198
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
Poetry | Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
In this second part of the Persian language/Farsi lesson on Khayām's Khosh Bash we go over the following section of the poem, along with all the vocabulary and phrases associated with the words learn…
Speak Lesson 62 | Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
In this Persian (Farsi) lesson, we go over the most common colors in the Persian language, as well as some incidental vocabulary associated with the colors. This is a vocabulary sprint, meaning you c…
Speak Lesson 61 | Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
This is a vocabulary sprint, which means you can listen to the lesson no matter where you are in the learning process. It's just a way to get a number of vocabulary words in your tool belt.In this Pe…
Poetry | Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Intro
In this lesson, we introduce one of the greats of Persian Sufi poetry, Omar Khayyam. Khayyam was a 12th century poet and a true renaissance man- in addition to being one of the most well known Irania…
Poetry | Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
In this last part of our series on Forough Farrokhzad, we learn the final part of the selection of the poem we've been learning. In addition, we learn about three birds that feature prominently in th…
Poetry | Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
In this fourth part of the Persian language/Farsi lesson on Forough Farrokhzad's Fathé Bāgh, or Conquestion of the Garden, we go over the following section of the poem, along with all the vocabulary …
Poetry | Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2
This lesson covers a section of the poem Conquest of the Garden, or Fathé Bāgh, by Forough Farrokhzad. This portion of the poem is:
همه میترسندهمه میترسند، اما من و توبه چراغ و آب و آینه پیوستیمو نترس…
Poetry | Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
This lesson is an introduction to one of Iran's most lauded modern poets, Forough Farrokhzad. An extremely influential voice in a time of great change in Iran, she wrote about the nature of being an …
Poetry | Rumi's rooz o shab Part 2
In the first part of our detailed study of Rumi's poem Rooz ō shab, we cover the first two lines, which are:
dar havāyat bee gharāram rooz ō shabsar ze pāyat bar nadāram rooz ō shab
We go over the voca…
Poetry | Rumi's rooz o shab Intro
In this lesson, we learn Rumi's poem Rooz ō shab. In this poem, the words rooz, day and shab, night, are repeated like a mantra. Even though Rumi was a 13th century Persian poet, his poems remain ext…
Poetry | Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
In this final part of our Sohrab Sepehri dar golestāné series we cover the rest of the vocabulary covered in the poem. After this lesson, you will be able to understand the entirety of the selection …
Poetry | Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
In this lesson, we continue the study of Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestāné by learning more about the words and phrases in the middle section of our selection.
Poetry | Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
In this introductory lesson to Sohrab Sepehri's beautiful poem dar golestāné, we're joined by musician Fared Shafinury to talk about the general theme and meaning behind this poem.
Speak Lesson 60 | Transition to Persian Poetry
In the last lesson of this series, we talk about the importance of poetry in Persian culture, and talk about why we're learning this magical language in the first place. To find out more about Persia…
Speak Lesson 59 | Persian Food
In this lesson, we learn the langauge associated with one of the most important parts of Persian culture- food. We learn vocabulary for different Persian dishes, how to consume Persian food, and how …
Speak Lesson 58 | Babies
In this lesson, we learn all the language associated with pregnancy, babies and small children.