1. Hello
سَلام
بابَک: سَلام. اِسمِ مَن بابَکه. اِسمِ تو چیه؟
مَریَم: سَلام. اِسمِ مَن مَریَمه.
salām
bābak: salām. esm-e man bābake. esm-e to chiye?
maryam: salām. esm-e man maryame.
Hello
Babak: Hello. My name’s Babak. What’s your name?
Maryam: Hello. My name’s Maryam.
English | Transliteration | Persian | Listen |
---|---|---|---|
Hello | salām | سلام | |
Name | esm | اِسم | |
You (singular / informal) | to | تو | |
You (plural / formal) | shomā | شُما | |
What | che | چه | |
What (spoken form) | chi | چی | |
Lady / Mrs / Miss / Ms | khānom | خانُم | |
Teacher | mo'allem | مُعَلِم | |
Me / I | man | مَن | |
Lady / Mrs / Miss / Ms (spoken form) | khānum | خانوم | |
What is? | chist? | چیست؟ | |
What’s? (spoken form) | chiye? | چیه؟ | |
I am | hastam | هستم | |
Is | ast | اَست | |
Is (spoken form) | e (sometimes /st/ or /s/) | ـه |
In this dialogue, Mrs Rostami is introducing herself to Saman. Many of the words in this dialogue are the same as the first dialogue of this lesson. Can you hear the words that mean 'Mrs', 'teacher', and the more formal way of saying 'you'?
Here's the dialogue:
Persian:
خانمِ رُستَمی: سَلام. مَن رُستَمی هَستَم. اِسمِ شُما چیه؟
سامان: سلام خانوم مُعَلّم. اِسم مَن سامانه.
Transliteration:
khānom-e rostami: salām. man rostami hastam. esm-e shomā chiye?
sāmān: salām khānum mo’allem. esm-e man sāmāne.
Translation:
Mrs Rostami: Hello. I am Rostami (My name is Rostami). What's your name?
Saman: Hello (Miss) teacher. My name's Saman.
Most Persian words take the same form whether they are written or spoken, but not all. Below, a table shows you those words and phrases from this lesson that vary depending on whether they are spoken or written. Beneath the table is this lesson's main dialogue given in its written form (although this written form would rarely ever be used in spoken conversation).
English | Written Form | Spoken Form | ||
What is | chist? | چیست؟ | chiye? | چیه؟ |
Is | ast | است | e | ـه |
My name is Maryam | esm-e man maryam ast | اسم من مریم است | esm-e man maryame | اسم من مریمه |
Lady / Mrs / Miss | khānom | خانُم | khānum | خانوم |
What | che | چه | chi | چی |
بابَک: سَلام. اِسمِ مَن بابَک اَست. اِسمِ تو چیست؟
مَریَم: سَلام. اِسمِ مَن مَریَم اَست.
Bābak: salām. esm-e man bābak ast. esm-e to chist?
Maryam: salām. esm-e man maryam ast.
- صُبح
- خُداحافِظ
- حالِ
- سَلام
بابَک : ..................... صُبح بِه خِیر.
مَریَم: سَلام. .................... بِه خِیر. حالِت چِطورِه؟
بابَک: خوبَم. .................... تو چِطورِه؟
مَریَم: بَد نیستَم. مِرسی.
بابَک: خُدانِگَهدار.
مَریَم: .....................
- سَلام
- Hello
- اِسم
- Name
- مَن
- Me / I
- تو
- You (informal)
- چی
- What (Spoken)
- شُما
- You (polite)
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