In this episode, Alice and Yusuf talk about getting a driving license in Iran and Italy and stereotypes around women being bad drivers.

در این قسمت، الیچه و یوسف در مورد گواهی‌نامه رانندگی در ایران و ایتالیا و کلیشه بد رانندگی کردن زن‌ها حرف می‌زنند.

کلمه های جدید این قسمت:

آموزشگاه: Academy, school, a teaching centre

گواهی‌نامه‌ رانندگی: Driving license

موتور: Motorcycle

کلاس‌های عملی: Practical lesson

آیین‌نامه: Terms, guidelines

تابلو‌های راهنمایی و رانندگی: street signs

دنده عقب گرفتن: to reverse a car

صداهای درونی بد: bad inner voices

فرصت بهتر شدن: the opportunity to improve one's self

انگشت وسط نشون دادن به کسی: to give someone your middle finger

باید بتونی موتورسیکلت برونی: You have to be able to ride a motorcycle

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In this episode, Alice and Yusuf talk about the importance of traveling in our lives. In addition to the theoretical aspects of traveling, we share some personal experiences of us traveling at different stages of our lives.در این قسمت، آلیچه و یوسف در مورد اهمیت سفر کردن در زندگی حرف می‌زنند. علاوه‌ بر بحث‌های تئوری در مورد سفر کردن، اون‌ها بعضی از خاطرات شخصی‌شون از سفر کردن در مرحله‌های مختلف زندگی‌شون رو با شما با اشتراک میذارند.:کلمه های جدید این قسمت

چیزی رو تعریف کردن: To define something

پل: Bridge

اتوبان: Expressway

بزرگراه: Highway

یک‌دست بودن: to be unitary

جنگ جهانی دوم: World War II

اتحادیه اروپا: The European Union

الان که میان‌سال هستم: Now that I'm a middle-aged individual

کوهنوردی: Mountaineering

خیلی خیلی کم پیش میاد: It happens rarely

یک دره عمیق: a deep valley

یک جای بکر: a pristine place

جنوب اسپانیا: Southern Spain

روی کسی حساب کردن: to count on someone

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In this episode, Alice and Yusuf talk about their experiences with learning foreign languages - why they learn languages and how they do it. در این قسمت آلیچه و یوسف در مورد تجربهشون با زبان های خارجی حرف میزنند و این که چطور زبانهای خارجی رو یاد میگیرند

کلمه های جدید این قسمت:

بی‌ربط: unrelated

چیزی را مصادره کردن : to confiscate something

نکته: point

سیاست کلی : the general policy, the main policy

تداوم: consistency

انعطاف: flexibility

نرم‌افزار: software

اعتماد به نفس: self esteem

مهارت‌های شناختی: cognitive abilities

قابل فهم: understandable

لوازم خانگی: household appliances

باشگاه: gym

استخر: swimming pool

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In this episode, Alice interviews Dr. Leila Papoli-Yazdi, an Iranian archeologist living in Sweden, about becoming an archeologist and her experiences working in this field.

در این قسمت، آلیچه با دکتر لیلا پاپلی یزدی، باستان‌شناس ایرانی که در سوئد زندگی میکنه، درباره باستان‌شناس شدن و تجربه هاش در این رشته مصاحبه می‌کند.

کلمات جدید این قسمت:

تصور گنگ a vague picture, a vague idea

روش method, waz

بررسی کردن to check, to analyze

باستانشناسی شکلهای گوناگون داره archeology has various/diverse forms

استعمارگرها colonizers, colonial powers

یه مقیاس بزرگ a large scale

رباله trash,garbage

ثروتمند rich, wealthy

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In this episode, Yusuf and Alice talk about childhood memories and how they remember it in their twenties. This episode’s conversation is both serious and fun, and they share two very funny childhood memories!

توی این اپیزود، آلیچه و یوسف با هم در مورد خاطرات کودکی و چطور دوران کودکی رو به یاد میارند حرف می‌کنند.در این اپیزود که هم جدیه و هم شاد،دو تا خاطرات خندهدار از کودکی برای شما تعریف می‌کنند.

کلمه های جدید این قسمت:

خلاصه کردن to summarize

مستقل independent

ندید چیزی رو گرفتن/چیزی رو پنهان کردنto hide something

روحیشون ضعیفتر میشه their morale has weakened

دم غروبclose to the sunset

حاصل زحمت پدر و مادر result of the parents’ efforts

فارغ التحصیل شدن to graduate

تک زبانه monolingual

دو زبانه bilingual

تنهایی و انزوا loneliness and isolation

کشتی گرفتن to wrestle

کله head

اوج خوشحالی peak of happiness

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A few days ago, Yusuf received a few voice messages from his genius friend, Arman, in which he expressed his honest opinion about happiness, a follow-up on the sixth episode of Our Farsi Podcast. We decided we couldn’t afford not publishing these invaluable voices! If you also find our episodes inspiring or useful, or in any ways you feel like saying something about the podcast, contact us via OurFarsi@Proton.me.

چند روز پیش، یوسف چند پیام صوتی از دوست نابغه‌اش، آرمان، دریافت کرد. در این پیام‌ها،‌ آرمان نظرش رو در مورد شادی بیان کرد – شادی موضوع اپیزود ششم «فارسی ما» بود. نظر آرمان برای ما خیلی جالب و ارزشمند بود؛ به همین دلیل، تصمیم گرفتیم این اپیزود رو به آرمان و نظرش در مورد شادی اختصاص بدیم.

کلمه‌های جدید این اپیزود:

دقیق زدی به هدف - you're spot on

به هم ریختن - to be disappointed

فروپاشی روانی - mental breakdown

گنده - very big

فازش فرق می‌کنه - it's on another level, it's different

حسادت کردن - to be jealous

حسرت - حسرت خوردن - to be sorry

آقازاده - privileged child of a wealthy or/and powerful family

به واسطه این که در یک کشور دیگه زندگی می‌کنه - because he lived in another country

بهینه - استفاده بهینه از زمان - optimal, optimized

هیچ درسی جلودار من نیست - no course could stop me

به لحاظ نمره - in terms of grade (score)

تصور کردن کی بود مانند تجربه کردن - Imagination will never be the same as experiencing something

شنیدن کی بود مانند دیدن - Hearing about something will never be like seeing it

وقتی آدم شکمش سیره - when someone's (mostly) basic needs are met

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In this episode, Yusuf and his sister Reyhane talk about the concept of happiness and how happiness can be related to both a person’s mental state and also external factors such as a country’s political and economic situation, social media and immigration.

در این قسمت یوسف و خواهرش ریحانه در مورد مفهوم شادی صحبت میکنند و اینکه چطور شادی می‌تونه هم با وضعیت روحی یک نفر و هم با عوامل بیرونی مثل وضعیت سیاسی و اقتصادی یک کشور، رسانه های اجتماعی و مهاجرت مرتبط باشه.

کلمات جدید این قسمت:

وابسته dependent

به اینترنت وابسته‌ام I'm dependent on the Internet

تعریف definition

تعریف تو از شادی your definition of happiness

رضایت درونی internal satisfaction

به شخصه personally

اعتماد به نفس self-esteem

مقطعی occasional

جنبه aspects

دو جنبه داره it has two aspects

صبر و تحمل patience and endurance

صبرت لبریز شده I can't take it anymore

آزار دادن to bother

شاخص‌های شادی criteria of happiness

میزان اعتماد مردم به حکومت amount of trust towards the government

فساد corruption

سرانه جی‌دی‌پی GDP per capita

حمله attack

حماقت stupidity

زن مسن an old woman

فضای مجازی cyberspace

سندیت علمی scientific proof

اقدام کردن برای کاری to take action

اقدام برای مهاجرت effort for immigration

مبلغ زیاد a huge amount

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In this episode, we talk about our experience with university. Yusuf tells us about his experience studying in Shiraz first and Tehran later, while Alice will talk about studying in Munich, Germany. Alice is doing her Masters in Middle Eastern Studies and Yusuf studied History and then graduated in Central Asia and Caucasus Studies.

توی این قسمت، من و آلیچه در مورد تجربه‌مون با دانشگاه حرف می‌زنیم. من (یوسف) در مورد تجربم با دانشگاه شیراز و دانشگاه تهران می‌گم و آلیچه در مورد تجربش با دانشگاه مونیخ (LMU). آلیچه دانشجوی ارشد مطالعات خاورمیانه هست و من هم فارغ التحصیل تاریخ و مطالعات آسیای مرکزی و قفقاز.

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