Sunday 5 August 2012

L10 - ADVERBS OF TIME

today = em-ruż 

yesterday = di-ruż


the day before yesterday = pari-ruż


tonight = em-shab


last night = di-shab


night before last = pari-shab


tomorrow = far-dâ


the day after tomorrow = pas-far-dâ


week = hafté


month = mâh


year = sâl



10.1 Exercise
  • What day is it today?
  • What day was it yesterday?
  • What day is it the day after tomorrow?
  • What day is it tomorrow?
  • What day was it the day before yesterday?
As examples for above, imagine that today is wednesday. Then answers to questions of section 10.1 will be as follows respectively:
Em-ruz Chahar-shanbe ast.

Di-ruz se-shanbe bood.


Pas-far-da jom-eh khahad bood.


far-da panj-shanbe khahad bood.


pari-ruz do-shanbe bood



Now please practice the questions of section 10.1 with today's date.

10.2 Exercise
How do you say the following?
Today, yesterday, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day before yesterday,
year, last night, tonight, night before last, month, week?


10.3 Exercise
Learn the following in Farsi:
today, yesterday, the day before yesterday,
tonight, last night, the night before last,
tomorrow, the day after tomorrow,
week, month, year


10.4 Exercise
Write out the above on a piece of paper. Translate them to Persian.