Speak Lesson 13 | How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)

in this lesson, we are going to cover the concept of being
hosted, either at someone's house or at an establishment.
Iranians love to host people. For instance, when you visit
someone of Persian decent at their home, they will most likely
immediately offer you tea. So in this lesson we learn vocabulary
that is associated with hosting or being hosted, including the
names of different beverages, and how to offer things to guest or
accept offerings.


KEY CONCEPTS: 


Names of beverages you'll be offered in an Iranian household
(hint, chāi is at the top of the list) 

The names of alcoholic beverages 

How to offer something when you are hosting 

How to accept or decline an offer when being hosted 

Some polite vocabulary such as thank you (merci) and please
(lotfan)