Our Friend Saba

From Iran


Below are some letters that Saba (and her father) sent to the Delmar students and where possible I have added the photo of the student receiving the message. You can also see the messages that our Delmar students sent to Saba.


To Betty:
I am very glad that I can write to a tall, beautiful girl.
I am a good student at school, too.
In Iran (Persia) there are very beautiful historical places. Most of
them are in these cities: Shiraze, Isfahan, Yazde,and Kerman. There
are many famous mosques,and castles in them.

Bye,
Saba Parsa ;-))
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From Saba's father:

Hi Patti,

> [Ali, this is Patti.  We are trying to make a small dictionary of
>common phrases in the languages of our keypals.  Would your girls help us?
>We'd like a translation for:

Persian today is written in Arabic script, although it is not Arabic.
It is not possible to send you arabic characters via email. So we'll
give you the translations in Latin characters. Capital 'A' is used
when the letter 'a' sounds like in 'Bath" when pronounced in the
British manner. Syllables are seperated by dots.

>
> good morning        sobh beh kheir.
> how are you?        che.tori?
> what time is it?    sA.at chan.deh?
> my name is....      esm.meh man ... eh (eg esm.meh man Pattieh).
> happy birthday      ta.va.lo.det mo.bA.rak.
> goodbye             kho.dA hA.fez.
> thank you           mer.si (comes from merci in French).
>
> Is this too much?  I hope not!  Warm hugs...Patti]

It was a pleasure. Kisses from Saba and Saman.

Ali
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 To Leslie:

 Hi, I didn't get any mail from you before. I am 14 years old in 8th
 grade. Now I like to play basketball, because I enjoyed it a lot.
 Do you play any musical instrument?
 See Ya,
 SABA  *8-))

-------------------------------------------------------------------- To Christina: Hello, I think i wrote to you but maybe it didn't reach you. In that letter i asked you what do you do in St. Patricks day? What do you wear in it? WELL GOTA GO, SABA @:-# ------------------------------------------------------------------- To James: Hello, We are fine, how are you? I am 14 years old & in 8th grade,Saman is 11 years old & in 5th grade. I talked with some of the students in Delmar school. We have lot's of games here. It's 9:30 PM here. See Ya, SABA &;-Q -------------------------------------------------------------------- To Becky: Hi, Thank you for your message. I will writh to you when ever you want. Today 27th of May is my birthday and I am 14. When is your birthday? Do you play an instrument? Do you listen music? Who is your faverot singer? Please writh back soon! love, Saba *;3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To Christina: Hi, Thanks for your message. I like to writh to you so I will writh when ever you want. Today 27th of May is my birthday and I am 14. When is your birthday? Do you play any instrument? Do you listen music? Who is your faverot singer? Love, Saba ;0 (big smile) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To Kristen: Hi, THanks for your message. Today 27th of May is my birthday and I am 14. AT the end of this month I will have the final examinations, next Autumn I will go to 9th grade. I love riding bike, and talking on phone. Do you play any instrument? Now we don't have any pet, but I want to buy a dog and a turtle. Do you listen to music? Who is your faverot singer? Love, Saba :-* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To Leslie: Hi, Thank you for your message. I play an instrument, it's gitar. Why don't you like to play an instrument? Today it means 27th of May is my birthday and I am 14. At the end of this month I will have the final examinations, after that I will have summer holiday. In next Autumn I will go to 9th grade. I love go bike riding, talk on phone, to go shopping. O.K pleas writh back soon! Love, Saba ;^* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello Courtney: Thanks for your letter. My name is Saman parsa.I am 10 years old, soon I will be 11. My birthday is 17th Septmber 1984, you are eleven days older than me. Saman Hello Courtney, I wrote you a letter last week, but I forgot to put your name on it! If you didn't see that please tell me to write another one. I'm sorry. Saba ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To Chrissy: Hi, How are you Chrissy? I have some question, can you answer them? 1. Do you play any instrument, what is it? 2. Do you know any other langueg? 3. Do you have any pet? Love, Saba ;-* ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Megan: Hi, Thanks for your letter. That's so good. I have a new friend! I have one sister her name is Saman. I don't have any pet, but next year I want to buy a dog and a turtle. I love horses but I can't have one in my house, too. What's the meaning of Peek-a-Boo? I go to Gohar (it means pearl) school. I like it. Do you play any instrument? Love Saba ;-* (kiss) -------------------------------------------------------------------


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