Getting around in Persian
Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. Play the ten Persian words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Persian phrases in this lesson
- توالت کجا است؟twa-LET ka-JA ast
- Where is the toilet?
- چطور به ... بروم؟che-TOR be ... be-ra-VAM
- How do I get to...?
- به چپbe CHAP
- To the left
- به راستbe RAAST
- To the right
- مستقیمmos-ta-GHEEM
- Straight ahead
- اینجاeen-JA
- Here
- ایستگاه قطارees-ta-GAH qa-TAR
- Train station
- اتوبوسo-to-BOOS
- Bus
- فرودگاهfra-rud-GAH
- Airport
- یک بلیط، لطفاًyak ba-LIT lot-FAN
- One ticket, please
Signs read "توالت" (toilet) or "دستشویی" (restroom). "مردانه" (men), "زنانه" (women). Cafes generally expect you to be a customer; a quick tea buys toilet access. Restrooms are standard in malls.
Literally "straight".
"اینجا نگاه کن" (look here). Pointing accompanies the word. "پایینتر" (lower, further) and "بالاتر" (higher, further) refine the location.
Iran has an extensive and affordable train network. "ایستگاه رکاب" (metro station in Tehran) is modern and English-signed. Asking for directions to stations is usually met with detailed help.
"فرودگاه مهرآباد" (Mehrabad International) is Tehran airport. Airports are modern and English-signposted. Saying "به فرودگاه" (to the airport) to a driver, any driver, is sufficient.
Train and metro tickets are sold at windows and machines. Tehran metro cards are affordable and reloadable. "یک بلیط رفت و برگشت" (one round trip ticket) specifies return.