Day 86, Part 1 is a conversation between Nastaran and Parvaneh about a friend’s wedding and what the bride and groom look like, with words like قدبلند (ghadboland, tall), موهای بلوند (muhâ-ye bolond, blond hair) and چشمان آبی (cheshmân-e âbi, blue eyes), plus a Mulla joke.
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Conversation: describing a bride and groom
| Speaker | Persian | English and pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Nastaran نسترن |
فردا شب عروسی دعوت هستم. | I’m invited to a wedding tomorrow night. fardâ shab arusi da’vat hastam. |
| Parvaneh پروانه |
چه خوب! عروسی چه کسی است؟ | How nice! Whose wedding is it? che khub! arusi-ye che kasi ast? |
| Nastaran نسترن |
عروسی دوستم المیرا. اگر یادت باشد به جشن تولدم آمده بود. | My friend Elmira’s wedding. If you remember, she came to my birthday party. arusi-ye dustam elmirâ. agar yâdat bâshad be jashn-e tavalodam âmade bud. |
| Parvaneh پروانه |
همان دختر قدبلند، که موهایش مشکی و فرفری بود؟ | That tall girl whose hair was black and curly? hamân dokhtar-e ghadboland, ke muhâyash meshki va ferferi bud? |
| Nastaran نسترن |
نه، همان که موهای بلوند و چشمان آبی داشت. | No, the one who had blond hair and blue eyes. na, hamân ke muhâ-ye bolond va cheshmân-e âbi dâsht. |
| Parvaneh پروانه |
یادم آمد. همسرش را دیده‌ای؟ | Now I remember. Have you seen her husband? yâdam âmad. hamsarash râ dide’i? |
| Nastaran نسترن |
بله، دیده‌ام. او یک پسر قدبلند با موها و چشمان مشکی است. | Yes, I have. He is a tall young man with black hair and black eyes. bale, dide’am. u yek pesar-e ghadboland bâ muhâ va cheshmân-e meshki ast. |
| Parvaneh پروانه |
از مراسم عکس بگیر و بعد به من نشان بده. | Take pictures of the ceremony and show them to me afterwards. az marâsem aks begir va ba’d be man neshân bede. |
| Nastaran نسترن |
حتما. باید مراسم باشکوهی باشد. | Sure. It should be a magnificent ceremony. hatman. bâyad marâsem-e bâshokuhi bâshad. |
Joke: the Mulla’s dirty clothes
از ملا پرسیدند لباست کثیف شده است، چرا آن را نمی‌شویی؟ ملا گفت چون دوباره کثیف خواهد شد، چرا زحمت بیهوده بکشم.
They asked the Mulla, “Your clothes have gotten dirty. Why don’t you wash them?” The Mulla said, “Since they will get dirty again, why should I go to useless trouble?”
گفتند: چه اشکال دارد دوباره هم خواهی شست.
They said, “What’s wrong with that? You’ll just wash them again.”
ملا گفت: من که برای لباس شستن خلق نشده‌ام کارهای دیگری هم دارم.
The Mulla said, “I wasn’t created just to wash clothes. I have other things to do too.”
Quick check
- How do you say “blond hair and blue eyes” in Persian?
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موهای بلوند و چشمان آبی (muhâ-ye bolond va cheshmân-e âbi)
- What does فرفری (ferferi) mean?
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curly (hair)
- In the joke, why does the Mulla not want to wash his clothes?
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Because they will get dirty again, so washing them would be useless trouble (زحمت بیهوده, zahmat-e bihude).
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