Rerun of Ep 11: Words from Farsi Language: Taarof and Khaste Nabashid

from Fifty Words For Snow · host Maggie Rowe and Emily Garces

A linguistic exploration into brave new words. In this rerun of episode 11, Maggie and Emily learn the Farsi words taarof and khaste nabashid with native speaker Navid Naderi Alizadeh and put the term “happy birthday” on linguistic trial. Poem by Emily: Taarof.

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