Persian phrasebook
A Persian phrasebook arranged by situation, not alphabetically: introductions, cafés, directions. Each has both sides' lines, so you understand not only what to say but what you will be told back.
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صبح بخیر
sâbh bekheyr
good morning
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صبح بخیر
sâbh bekheyr
- good morning
- goodbye
- thank you
- hi
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صبح بخیر
good morning
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___! حالت چطوره؟
Good morning! How are you?
- لطفا · lâtfan
- صبح بخیر · sâbh bekheyr
- سلام · salâm
- خداحافظ · khâdâhâfez
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صبح بخیر
good morning
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صبح بخیر
good morning
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Conversations by situation
- 💬Getting acquaintedA talk in the yard
- 💬At the caféAn order in a café
- 💬How to get thereLooking for the station
- 💬Haggling at the stallSaturday, a fruit stall at the bazaar
- 💬The tap is leakingA call to a repairman from a rented flat
- 💬A coldThe pharmacy by the house, the third day of a cold
- 💬Rain on SaturdayTwo friends settling on the weekend
- 💬What do you doNeighbors talk on the stairwell
- 💬At check-inThe check-in desk at the airport, a flight to the south
- 💬Boat rentalA pier on the Caspian, two friends and the boat owner
- 💬Trying on a jacketA clothes shop in Tehran
- 💬Late and making upTwo friends at the metro, one was late
- 💬Cooking dinnerA kitchen for two, at the stove
- 💬Wi-fi at the coffee shopA coffee shop in the north of Tehran, a guest’s phone is dying
- 💬Signing up at the libraryA library in the city center, a reader without a card
- 💬First visit to the gymA gym, a novice and a coach
- 💬A wedding invitationTwo colleagues at lunch, an envelope with an invitation
- 💬How old the children areA playground, two parents on the bench
- 💬Enrolling at the facultyThe admissions office of a university in Tehran, the first day of enrollment
- 💬A loan at the bankA bank branch in Tehran, a talk with a consultant
- 💬A cold and a sick noteThe family doctor’s office, the morning clinic
- 💬The interviewThe HR office of a small firm
- 💬Moving dayThe yard of an old house, a truck and boxes
- 💬At the rental counterThe airport, a car rental desk, early morning
- 💬A series or the newsThe parlor, evening, two people at the television
- 💬At the office windowThe document window, morning
- 💬Two bad optionsThe kitchen, evening, a talk about changing jobs
- 💬Repairs at the house meetingA residents’ meeting, the roof repair is discussed
- 💬Who came byAn office corridor, two colleagues discuss the new coworker
- 💬A week of silenceAn evening park, one friend consoles another
- 💬A call to grandmotherThe kitchen, a grandson rings his grandmother half an hour before the guests
- 💬A jacket in the wrong sizeThe till of a shop in the mall, Saturday after lunch
- 💬The phone at the workshopThe intake desk of a workshop on the outskirts of Tehran
- 💬The weather for the weekendTwo neighbors at the entrance decide whether to go north for the weekend
- 💬How to reach the stationA visitor stops a passer-by at a crossroads in the center
- 💬A course for beginnersThe desk of a language school, a woman chooses a group
- 💬Rescheduling the meetingA phone call between two colleagues early in the week
- 💬I did not catch thatThe document window, the visitor caught half of what was said
- 💬At the interviewThe office of a small firm, a manager talks with a man who answered an ad
- 💬Signing the leaseTwo people sit over a flat lease: one lets the flat, the other reads such a paper for the first time
- 💬The neighbors raise moneyThe yard of an apartment house, a resident goes from flat to flat with a signature sheet
- 💬A book as a presentA shopper looks for a gift and does not know which book to choose
- 💬Back at the gymThe desk of a sports club, a man returns to training after a long break
- 💬At the electronics shopA counter with appliances; a customer chooses a projector and measures everything in words
- 💬The result of the examinationA doctor’s office, a man has come for the result of his examination
- 💬The wedding of a sisterTwo friends in the street; one invites the other to his sister’s wedding
- 💬An argument about the priceA small firm; two people disagree about the price
- 💬Advice about movingTwo friends at a café; one has been offered work in another city
- 💬At the hardware shopA shopper looks for a shelf to replace an old one and explains to the seller which one he needs
- 💬Rearranging the furnitureTwo people move furniture in a room and argue what goes where
- 💬How much to orderAt a café they count how much to order for the week
- 💬The work stalledA manager and a worker look into why the work stopped
- 💬Let us check the numbersTwo employees decide whether the figures in the report can be trusted
- 💬Grandfather’s memoriesA grandson and his grandfather look through a box of old photographs of the village
- 💬Where does the trash goA new resident asks a neighbor in the yard which bin is for what
- 💬A batch with a flawA storekeeper and a driver sort out a delivery for the shop by the warehouse
- 💬What happened in the yardTwo neighbors at the entrance discuss yesterday’s alarm
- 💬A talk about the new colleagueTwo colleagues over tea discuss what the newcomer is like at work
Phrases that always rescue you
These are learned first not for politeness. They bring back a conversation that has already gone wrong — which makes them more useful than any list of nouns.
- سلامsalâmhi
- ممنونmemnunthank you
- ببخشیدbebakhshidexcuse me
- لطفاlâtfanplease
- نفهمیدمnafahmidamI did not understand
- آهستهترâhestetarslower
- انگلیسی حرف میزنید؟anglesi harf mi-zânid؟do you speak English?
- کمک!kâmak!help!
- خواهش میکنمkhâhesh mi-kânamyou are welcome
- گم شدهامgâm shâdeamI am lost
- دکتر میخواهمdâktâr mi-khâhamI need a doctor
Frequently asked
Which Persian phrases to learn first?
To start a conversation: “hi”, “thank you” and “excuse me”. To rescue it when it goes wrong: “I did not understand”.
Is a phrasebook enough without grammar?
For a short trip — yes. For living in the country — no: memorized phrases do not assemble into new ones, and the other person does not follow your script.