Élan Senior Member United States Joined 5436 days ago 165 posts - 211 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Persian
| Message 1 of 3 12 January 2014 at 9:20pm | IP Logged |
NUN O PANIR O SABZI
Welcome to my log for TAC2014! This year, I'm studying Persian only. No other languages are getting in my way this
time. I'm hoping to apply for graduate schools next year, and I need to have "Demonstrated current proficiency in a
modern language other than your native tongue." Whatever that means.
The title of my log ("Nun o Panir o Sabzi" means "Bread and Cheese and Greens". I was hungry when I created this
log. See below:
BACKGROUND
I'm ashamed to say that I reached B1-level Persian pretty quickly and have since slid back to A2. Instead of kicking
myself for it, I plan to work really hard this year. I hope to reach B2 by the end of 2014.
GOALS & CHALLENGES
January
-Translate one Persian poem or song into English (20 lines total)
-Complete Living Language Spoken World Farsi lessons 7-10 (one per week)
-Send one email, Facebook message, or Facebook comment to a Persian friend each week
-Do four Persian "word of the week" posts, one each Sunday
LINKS & RESOURCES
Team Cyrus
ellasevia's Log
tristano's Log
druckfehler's Log
Ta'arof Tumblog: My Tumblr for Iranian stuff
Resources coming soon
Edited by Élan on 12 January 2014 at 9:21pm
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Élan Senior Member United States Joined 5436 days ago 165 posts - 211 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Persian
| Message 2 of 3 12 January 2014 at 9:29pm | IP Logged |
WORD OF THE WEEK
Last week's (very belated) word of the week is:
آرزو
(aarezoo)
wish
See this great video asking 50 Iranians on the street
what one wish they have.
SENTENCES
برای شما آرزوی خوشبختی می کنم
baraaye shomaa aarezooye khoshbakhti mikonam
I wish a blissful life for you *for newlyweds
برای شما آرزوی سلامتی می کنم
baraaye shomaa aarezooye salaamati mikonam
I wish a healthy life for you *for someone recovering from illness
من آرزوی دیگه ای ندارم
man aarezooye dige’i nadaaram
I don’t have any other wish
من آرزوهای بزرگی دارم
man aarezoohaaye bozorgi daram
I have big wishes
آرزوهای بزرگ
“Aarezoohaaye bozorg” = Great Expectations (by Charles Dickens)
Edited by Élan on 12 January 2014 at 9:30pm
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druckfehler Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4860 days ago 1181 posts - 1912 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Korean Studies: Persian
| Message 3 of 3 12 January 2014 at 10:37pm | IP Logged |
Great to see your log is up, Élan! Love the name and your first entries! The word of the week entry with example sentences is really very helpful. I have a song called Aarezoomeh (by Mansour) on my laptop, but I didn't know what it means. I won't forget it now :) I'm looking forward to the next words!
I'm sure you'll recover whatever skills you have lost quickly.
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