British Museum had organised family weekend because of Iranian New Year which was on Friday 20th of March. I spent a day at the museum and I truly can say how lovely the event was, there were a lot to do for kids and adults. Every two hours there was story telling of Shahnameh which was amazing. I felt really touched hearing the traditional music and seeing all the stories.

Kids that are living abroad are missing alot on finding out about Persian culture and on a day like Saturday and Sunday last week, that will make a difference to their knowledge and understanding of their culture.

Enjoy the pictures in “Gallery”.

Salam All,

Khobin, there is only two weeks left to Iranian New Year. This year British Museum has family event for the new year on 21st and 22nd of March which is open to public. I am sure all my students that have been learning Farsi with Ey-Yar.net will be going to the event to practice more their Farsi and see the event.

All the families in Iran and other countries already have started spring cleaning and preparing the Haft Seen for the New Year. This is one of the biggest event in our Calendar and probably the only time of the year that you will to get to see all members of your family.

Have a look at this link http://www.magicofpersia.com/events.php

خداحافظ

Salam Be hame ( Hello All)

Recently I have been asked many times whether I have Persian Dictionary for my students who are learning Farsi in London and others who are interested to learn or improve their Farsi (Persian). Good news is now I have good size dictionary available. They are not heavy at all and it can be carried in a bag. 14 CM x 9 CM.

These dictionaries are double sided so has both English to Persian and Persian to English words which is very useful.

if you are interested to buy them please contact me and I will arrange for postage. I will accept payment by Paypal.

Price £12 each

Postage is FREE

“Tarrof” plays a big role in Iranian culture and not many outsiders are familar with this habbit. The best way to describe the meaning of Tarrof is to not accept if something is offered to you for the first or second time and keep refusing in polite manner and at the end agree to it (this is not the case always). For example, last year when I went to Iran, we went to my aunt’s house for dinner and I wasn’t really hungry and when the dinner was served I helped myself to small portion of food which my family thought I was tarrofing and was shy to eat more and when I explained the reason they still would not accept and wanted to serve more food for me. I really think tarrof is keeping people from being direct towards each other. I know this is part of our culture but using it in excess has brought so much frustration and sometimes tarrofing with each other can be genuine which is not too bad. I know young generation are being rebelling against taroff kardan and want to have more direct approach.

Merci

Aila

Dear Learners,

I have started posting a video clips on Youtube for those of you who wants to learn more and practice new words and expression to improve your Farsi. Subscribe to my account on Youtube so you will get notified everytime there is a new new video added.

Be omide didar

eyyarlearnfarsi

اسم من آیلا هست  My name is Aila (Esme man Aila hast)

من آیلا هستم I am Aila (Man Aila hastam)

نام خانوادگی من رضوانی پبتیستا هست My surname is Rezvani Baptista (nameh khane-vadegy man ….. hast)

As you can see verb “هست” means am,is in English. In Farsi all the verbs changes according to your subjective so for example if you want to say:

“I am” you need to change the verb “هست”(hast) to represent your subjective “I”. We need to add letter “م” (mim) at the end of your verb to have the verb هستم”(hastam)

There are 32 letters in Persian alphabets. As you can some some the letters they look different but they sound the same. Click to hear the alphabets

I have to say one my favourite painter of Iran is Mahmoud Farshchian. When I went to Iran this year I really wanted to go to his museum in Saad Abad Castle. It was amazing exhibition with all his paintings, I like his painting because it is unique and each individual of them tells a story and if you look closely you never see a line ending in his paintings, they all disappear in one another.

Mahmoud Farshchian was born in Isfahan in year 1929. His father had a affection for arts and young Mahmoud showed an interest in studying art quite early in his life, after receiving a diploma for the Fine Arts from Isfahan High School he left for Europe where he studied the works of the great Western masters.

Ostad Mahmoud Farshchian is the founder of his own school in Iranian painting, which adheres to classical from while making use of new techniques. He has played a decisive role in introducing Iranian art yo the international art scene. He has been invited to speak and exhibit at various universities and art exhibitions. Currently Ostad Farshchian resides in New York.

www.farshchianart.com

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