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Lesson 7 of 10
Meeting people in Persian
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. 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
- حال شما چطور است؟haa-le SHO-maa che-TOR ast
- How are you?
- خوبمkhub-AM
- I'm fine, thanks
- شما چطور؟sho-MAA che-TOR
- And you?
- اسم شما چیست؟es-MEH sho-MAA CHEEST
- What's your name?
- اسم من ... استes-MEH man ... ast
- My name is...
- اهل کجا هستید؟AH-le ko-JAA has-TEED
- Where are you from?
- من اهل ... هستمman AH-le ... has-TAM
- I'm from...
- خوشم آمدKHO-sham aa-MAD
- I like it
- خیلی زیباستKHEI-lee zee-BAAST
- It's beautiful
- خوش آمدیدkhosh aa-ma-DEED
- Welcome
The polite form. With friends: حالت چطوره؟ (haa-LET che-TO-reh).
The standard answer. "خوبم، بفضل خدا" (I am fine, praise be to God) is the religious version. Simply "خوبم" or "هیچ" (no problem) works in any setting. Adding "شکریا" (thank you) makes it warmer.
Polite. To a friend: تو چطور؟ (too che-TOR).
Literally "you belong to where?".
Literally "it came pleasant to me".
For Isfahan's squares and gardens, the obvious comment.
Literally "you came happily".