LESSON NOTES

Absolute Beginner S1 #7
What Do You Want to be in Iran?

CONTENTS

Dialogue - Persian
Main
Vowelled
Romanization
English
Vocabulary
Sample sentences
Vocabulary phrase usage
Grammar
Cultural insight

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DIALOGUE - PERSIAN
MAIN

‫وﻗﺘﯽ ﺑﺰرگ ﺷﺪی ﻣﯽﺧﻮاﻫﯽ ﭼﻪ ﮐﺎره ﺑﺸﯽ؟‬ : ‫وﺣﯿﺪ‬ 1.

‫ ﺗﻮ ﭼﯽ؟‬.‫ﻣﻦ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام ﻣﻌﻠﻢ ﺑﺸﻢ‬ : ‫ﺑﻬﺎر‬ 2.

.‫ﻣﻦ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام ﺧﻠﺒﺎن ﺑﺸﻢ‬ : ‫وﺣﯿﺪ‬ 3.

.‫ﻣﻦ ﻫﻢ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام دﮐﺘﺮ ﺑﺸﻢ‬ : ‫رﺿﺎ‬ 4.

!‫ﭘﺪر ﻣﻦ ﻫﻢ دﮐﺘﺮه‬ : ‫ﺑﻬﺎر‬ 5.

VOWELLED

‫ﮐﺎره ﺑِﺸﯽ؟‬
ِ ‫ﭼﻪ‬
ِ ‫َوﻗﺘﯽ ﺑ ُ ُﺰرگ ﺷُ ﺪی ﻣﯽﺧﻮاﻫﯽ‬ : ‫َوﺣﯿﺪ‬ 1.

‫ ﺗُﻮ ﭼﯽ؟‬.‫ﻣَﻦ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام ﻣُﻌَﻠِﻢ ﺑِﺸَ ﻢ‬ : ‫ﺑﻬﺎر‬ 2.

.‫ﻣَﻦ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام ﺧَﻠَﺒﺎن ﺑِﺸَ ﻢ‬ : ‫وَﺣﯿﺪ‬ 3.

.‫ﻣﻦ ﻫَﻢ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام دُﮐﺘُﺮ ﺑِﺸَ ﻢ‬

َ : ‫ِرﺿﺎ‬ 4.

!‫ﺮه‬
ِ ُ ‫ﭘِﺪ َ ِر ﻣَﻦ ﻫَﻢ دُﮐﺘ‬ : ‫ﺑﻬﺎر‬ 5.

ROMANIZATION

1. Vahid : vaqti bozorg shodi mikhaahi chekaare beshi?

2. Bahar : man mikhaam mo'allem besham. to chi?

3. Vahid : man mikhaam khalabaan besham.

4. Reza : man ham mikhaam doctor besham.

5. Bahar : pedar-e man ham doctore!

ENGLISH

1. Vahid : What will you be when you grow up?

2. Majid : I want to be a teacher. And you?

3. Vahid : I want to be a pilot.

4. Reza : And I want to be a doctor.

5. Majid : My father is a doctor too!

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VOCABULARY

Persian Romanization English Class

‫وﻗﺘﯽ‬ vaqti when adverb

‫ﺑﺰرگ ﺷﺪن‬ bozorg shodan to grow up verb

‫ﻣﯽ ﺧﻮاﻫﯽ ﭼﻪ ﮐﺎره ﺑﺸﯽ؟‬ mikhaahi chekaare beshi? What do you want to be? phrase

‫ ﺑﺸﻢ‬... ‫ﻣﯽ ﺧﻮاﻫﻢ‬ mikhaaham … besham. I want to be a ... phrase

‫)ﺗﻮ ﭼﯽ؟ )ﺗﻮ ﭼﻄﻮر؟‬ to chi? (to chetor?) What / How about you? phrase

‫ﻣﻌﻠﻢ‬ mo'allem teacher noun

‫ﺧﻠﺒﺎن‬ khalabaan pilot noun

‫دﮐﺘﺮ‬ doktor doctor noun

SAMPLE SENTENCES

.‫ آﺳﻤﺎن آﺑﯿﺴﺖ‬،‫وﻗﺘﯽ ﻫﻮا ﺧﻮب اﺳﺖ‬ .‫ ﻧﺸﺎﻧﻪٔ ﺑﺰرگ ﺷﺪن اﺳﺖ‬،‫ﻓﺪاﮐﺎری‬

vaqti havaa khoob ast, asemaan abist. fadaakaari neshaaneye bozorg shodan ast.
When the weather is clear, the sky is blue. Self-devotion is the sign of growing up.

‫ﻣﯽﺧﻮاﻫﯽ ﭼﻪ ﮐﺎره ﺑﺸﯽ؟‬ .‫ﻣﯽﺧﻮاﻫﻢ ﻫﻨﺮﭘﯿﺸﻪ ﺑﺸﻢ‬

mikhaahi chekaare beshi? mikhaaham honarpishe besham.

What do you want to be? I want to become an actor.

‫ ﺗﻮ ﭼﻄﻮر؟‬.‫ﻣﻦ ﭘﺎﯾﯿﺰ را دوﺳﺖ دارم‬ .‫اﻣﺮوز ﻣﻌﻠﻢ اﻧﮕﻠﯿﺴﯽ ﺑﻪ ﻣﺪرﺳﻪ ﻧﯿﺎﻣﺪ‬

man paayiz raa doost daaram. to chetor? emrooz mo'allem-e engilisi be madrese
nayaamad.
I like autumn. How about you?
Today the English teacher didn't come to school.

.‫او در داﻧﺸﮑﺪه ﻣﻌﻠﻢ زﺑﺎن اﻧﮕﻠﯿﺴﯽ اﺳﺖ‬
oo dar daaneshkade mo'allem-e zabaan-e englisi
ast.
He is an English teacher at the college.
.‫ﻣﻌﻠﻢ روی ﺗﺨﺘﻪ ﺳﯿﺎه ﻣﯽ ﻧﻮﯾﺴﺪ‬
mo'allem rooye takhte siaah minevisad.
The teacher writes on the blackboard.

.‫ﺧﻠﺒﺎن در آﺳﻤﺎن ﭘﺮواز ﻣﯽ ﮐﻨﺪ‬ .‫اﻻن دﮐﺘﺮ ﻣﯽ ﺗﻮاﻧﺪ ﺷﻤﺎ را ﺑﺒﯿﻨﺪ‬

khalabaan dar aasemaan parvaaz mikonad. al'aan doktor mitavaanad shomaa raa bebinad.
The pilot flies in the sky. Now the doctor can see you.

VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

‫وﻗﺘﯽ‬
vaqti means "when" or "whenever" in Persian. However, it is not used as the interrogative or
questioning "when," like in, "When will you go?" But it's used for mentioning a time that's already
known, like in "the day when you go." It's also used as the English word "whenever," meaning "each time
when..."

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‫ﺑﺰرگ ﺷﺪن‬
Bozorg Shodan means "to grow up" or "to grow old." It is composed of the two words shodan, meaning
"to become," and bozorg, meaning "big." But instead of "becoming big," it usually creates the image of
"growing old" in the listener, although it can also be used for physically becoming bigger. vaqti bozorg
besham means "when I become older."

‫ﺗﻮ ﭼﯽ؟ )ﺗﻮ ﭼﻄﻮر؟( ا‬

To chi? or To chetor? means "And You?," "What about you?," or "How about you?" Literally, to means
"you," chi means "what," and chetor means "how." So it's equal to "you what?" or "you how?" in Persian.
When someone says something about themselves and they want to know the same thing about the
other person, they ask this question.

GRAMMAR
 

The Focus of this Lesson is Talking About Occupations.

‫وﻗﺘﯽ ﺑﺰرگ ﺷﺪی ﻣﯽﺧﻮاﻫﯽ ﭼﻪ ﮐﺎره ﺑﺸﯽ؟‬
"What will you be when you grow up?"

When talking about occupations, the key question is ‫( ﻣﯽﺧﻮاﻫﯽ ﭼﻪ ﮐﺎره ﺑﺸﯽ‬mikhaahi chekaare beshi?),
meaning, "What do you want to be / become?" ‫( ﻣﯽﺧﻮاﻫﯽ‬mikhaahi) means "You want," ‫( ﭼﻪ ﮐﺎره‬chekaare)
means "what" (used only for jobs), and ‫( ﺑﺸﯽ‬beshi) is the conditional tense of "to become" for the
second person or "you." mikhaahi is just another decided verb form that is placed at the beginning of
the sentence, unlike the usual. But beshi comes at the end, just like any other verb in Persian.

The answer: "I want to be..."

The answer to the question ‫ ﻣﯽﺧﻮاﻫﯽ ﭼﻪ ﮐﺎره ﺑﺸﯽ‬is ‫ ﺑﺸﻢ‬... ‫( ﻣﯽﺧﻮام‬mikhaam ... besham), meaning "I want
to become ..." It always follows a simple formula, which is: ‫( ﻣﯽﺧﻮام‬mikhaam) / "I want" + [occupation
name] + ‫( ﺑﺸﻢ‬besham) / "become." For example, "I want to be a doctor" becomes ‫ﻣﯽﺧﻮام دﮐﺘﺮ ﺑﺸﻢ‬
(mikhaam doctor besham). We put "doctor" as an occupation between "I want" and "become."
Remember that the same verbs can change for each pronoun.

For example:

‫وﻗﺘﯽ ﺑﺰرگ ﺷﺪی ﻣﯽﺧﻮاﻫﯽ ﭼﻪ ﮐﺎره ﺑﺸﯽ؟‬

‫ﮐﺎره ﺑِﺸﯽ؟‬
ِ ‫ﭼﻪ‬
ِ ‫َوﻗﺘﯽ ﺑ ُ ُﺰرگ ﺷُ ﺪی ﻣﯽﺧﻮاﻫﯽ‬

vaqti bozorg shodi mikhaahi chekare beshi?

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

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‫ﻣﻦ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام ﺳﺘﺎره ﺷﻨﺎس ﺑﺸﻢ‬.
‫ﺷﻨﺎس ﺑِﺸَ ﻢ‬ ِ ‫ﻣَﻦ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام‬.
ِ ‫ﺳﺘﺎرِه‬
man mikhaam setaareshenaas besham.
"I want to be an astronomer."

Examples from this lesson:

‫ ﺗﻮ ﭼﯽ؟‬.‫ ﻣﻦ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام ﻣﻌﻠﻢ ﺑﺸﻢ‬:‫ﻣﺠﯿﺪ‬

‫ ﻣﻦ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام ﺧﻠﺒﺎن ﺑﺸﻢ‬:‫وﺣﯿﺪ‬.

‫ ﻣﻦ ﻫﻢ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام دﮐﺘﺮ ﺑﺸﻢ‬:‫رﺿﺎ‬.

Examples from this dialogue:

‫ ﺗﻮ ﭼﯽ؟‬.‫ﻣﻦ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام ﻣﻌﻠﻢ ﺑﺸﻢ‬

‫ ﺗُﻮ ﭼﯽ؟‬.‫ﻣَﻦ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام ﻣُﻌَﻠِﻢ ﺑِﺸَ ﻢ‬ 
man mikhaam mo'allem besham. to chi?
"I want to be a teacher. And you?"

‫ﻣﻦ ﻫﻢ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام دﮐﺘﺮ ﺑﺸﻢ‬.

‫ﻫﻢ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام دُﮐﺘُﺮ ﺑِﺸَ ﻢ‬ َ .
َ ‫ﻣﻦ‬
man ham mikhaam doktor besham.
"And I want to be a doctor."

Sample Sentences

‫وﻗﺘﯽ ﺑﺰرگ ﺷﺪم ﻣﯽﺧﻮاﻫﻢ ﻧﻮﯾﺴﻨﺪه ﺑﺸﻢ‬.

‫ﺪه ﺑِﺸَ ﻢ‬
ِ ‫ﺴﻨ‬
َ ‫ﻫﻢ ﻧِﻮﯾ‬
َ ‫وﻗﺘﯽ ﺑ ُ ُﺰرگ ﺷُ ﺪَم ﻣﯽﺧﻮا‬.
َ
vaqti bozorg shodam mikhaaham nevisande besham.
"I want to be a writer when I grow up."

‫ﻣﻦ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام در آﯾﻨﺪه ﻋﮑﺎس ﺑﺸﻢ‬.

َ .
‫ﻣﻦ ﻣﯽﺧﻮام دَر آﯾَﻨﺪِه ﻋَﮑﺎس ﺑِﺸَ ﻢ‬
man mikhaam dar aayande akkaas besham.
"I want to become a photographer in the future."

Language Tip

Some well-known occupations in Iran are  ‫ ﭘﺰﺷﮏ‬/ ‫( دﮐﺘﺮ‬pezeshk) = "doctor,"  ‫( ﻣﻌﻠﻢ‬moa'llem) = "teacher," 
‫( ﻣﻬﻨﺪس‬mohandes) = "engineer,"  ‫( ﻧﺠﺎر‬najjaar) = "carpenter," and ‫( ﮐﺎرﻣﻨﺪ‬kaarmand) = "office employee."
Children start to seriously decide upon their future jobs starting in the high school years in Iran.

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CULTURAL INSIGHT
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

"What do you want to be?" is a title often given to students in school as the subject of a composition for
class. Most children want to become an engineer, doctor, or teacher, which are the most popular
occupations among families. Some other occupations like acting are still less supported by parents.
Starting in high school, teenagers have to choose a field of study that interests them and leads them
into searching and knowing about more occupations, like arts, physics, mathematics, etc. And lately, the
number of special training schools that educate students in more detailed fields is increasing. However,
despite all of this, a lack of jobs and employment still sometimes affects society.
 

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