Food and drink
Everyday Persian food words: nân, âb, shir, sib, berenj.
What a learner can do afterwards
- Can explain Food and drink
The lesson
Persian has warm words for food and drink.
nân (نان) is bread and berenj (برنج) is rice. We eat them at dinner.
sib (سیب) is an apple, a sweet fruit.
âb (آب) is water and shir (شیر) is milk. We drink them.
Try it together
At your next meal, name the nân or the sib on your plate.
Nân is bread, sib is apple, âb is water, and shir is milk.
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