Advanced Colloquial Farsi

Question 1

غُصه نخور

Answer 1

“don’t worry” “don’t be sad”

Question 2

حضور ذهن ندارم

Answer 2

“nothing comes to mind”

Question 3

جَو نده

Answer 3

“don’t speak scandalously” “don’t make something look like a big deal”

Question 4

مَنطِقی باش

Answer 4

“be rational”

Question 5

کلافه ام کردی

Answer 5

“you’ve exhausted my patience”

Question 6

حرص ام میده

Answer 6

“it infuriates me”

Question 7

یه دفعه

Answer 7

suddenly, abruptly

Question 8

حوصله ام سر رفت

Answer 8

“I’ve lost interest/patience”

Question 9

از . . . جلز ولز میکنم

Answer 9

“I’m infuriated by . . . “

Question 10

احساس غَریزه

Answer 10

instinct, gut-feeling

Question 11

نازک نارنجی

Answer 11

[someone that is easily upset]

Question 12

دلم گرفت

Answer 12

“I became upset”

Question 13

چشم غُره میرفت

Answer 13

“he gave me the death stare”

Question 14

سَحَر خیز

Answer 14

morning person, early bird

Question 15

خب به جُمالت

Answer 15

[sarcastic response to خب]

Question 16

دور از جونت

Answer 16

“God Forbid”

Question 17

دنبال شَر نیستم

Answer 17

“I’m not looking for trouble”

Question 18

اعصاب ندارم

Answer 18

“I’m not in the mood” [due to anger/frustration]

Question 19

مَنْفَع طَلَب

Answer 19

[manipulative for the sake of resources]

Question 20

اون رو دست بالا نگیر

Answer 20

“don’t take them seriously”

“don’t give them undue credit”

Question 21

دست و پام رو گم کردم

Answer 21

“I stumbled over my words”

[due to nerves / anxiety]

Question 22

داری دِقم میدی

Answer 22

“you’re making me so upset, I could die”

Question 23

یه هوُیی

Answer 23

suddenly

Question 24

صدا از ته چاه میاد

Answer 24

“the audio is very weak / very poor quality”

Question 25

خوابم به هم ریخت

Answer 25

“my sleep schedule is messed up”

Question 26

خدا قُوَت

Answer 26

“God give you strength”

Question 27

ایراد نداره

Answer 27

“not a problem” / “no complaints”

Question 28

زورم میاد

Answer 28

“I don’t feel like it”

[due to laziness]

Question 29

تنبلیم میاد

Answer 29

“I don’t feel like it”

[due to laziness]

Question 30

گیر نده

Answer 30

“don’t nag”

“don’t bother me”

Question 31

به درد میخوره

Answer 31

“it comes in handy”

Question 32

شیرینی تون محفوظه

Answer 32

[used when bribing someone]

[literally ‘your sweets are well kept’]

Question 33

تازه به دوران رسیده

Answer 33

[refers to someone who has just recently entered a higher social status or come into wealth]

Question 34

تشریف بیارین

Answer 34

“come here”

“come over”

[extremely polite form]

Question 35

قدم روی چشم

Answer 35

[a respectful way of saying that someone is welcome]

Question 36

روی چشم من جا داری

Answer 36

[an expression that signifies someone is very dear to you]

Question 37

چشم انتظار

Answer 37

[signifies that you are looking forward to seeing someone]

[this expression is used when someone has already made plans to see you]

Question 38

چشم به راه

Answer 38

[signifies eagerness to see someone soon]

[this expression is used specifically for someone that is already on their way to you]

Question 39

چشم و هم چشمی

Answer 39

“Keeping up with the Jones’s”

[signifies materialistic competition between people]

Question 40

رودربایستی

رودرواسی

Answer 40

Taarof Cultural Concept

“Saving Face”

[concealing your true desire in order to be formal and polite]

Question 41

رودربایستی دارم با آن

رودرواسی دارم با آن

Answer 41

“I have rudarvâisi with them”

[to have rudarvâisi with someone is to have a formal relationship with them, obligating you to go above-and-beyond in your hospitality and treatment of them]

[ex. you have a formal relationship with this person and feel like you have to do more for them]

Question 42

تو رودربایستی گیر کردم

تو رودرواسی گیر کردم

Answer 42

“I became stuck in rudarvâsi “

[ex. to insincerely taarof with someone until they accept, mistakenly obligating you to the task]

Question 43

رودربایستی نکنین

رودرواسی نکنین

Answer 43

“Don’t feel obligated!”

[don’t rudarvâsi]

Question 44

رودربایستی نداریم

رودروایسی نداریم

Answer 44

“We don’t have rudarvâsi “

[signifies that there is no rudarvâsi - formality or obligation - between two parties]

[signifies that a relationship between two parties is more informal, casual, and comfortable]

Question 45

وجب

Answer 45

“vajab”

[a unit of measurement]

[the distance between one’s thumb and pinky]

Question 46

کل کل

Answer 46

argument

Question 47

فس فس کردن

Answer 47

to dillydally, to dawdle

Question 48

دور دور کردن

Answer 48

to go out to wander around

[ex. going to the mall to walk around]

Question 49

هل هلکی

Answer 49

hurried, hastily

Question 50

زور زورکی

Answer 50

by force

Question 51

نق نقو نباش

Answer 51

“don’t nag / complain”

[the term نق نقو signifies someone who nags or complains]

Question 52

غر غرو نباش

Answer 52

“don’t nag / complain”

[the term غر غرو signifies someone who nags or complains]

Question 53

تق و لق

Answer 53

unstable, shaky, in disarray

Question 54

خدا وکیلی

Answer 54

“Honestly”

“Honest to God”

Question 55

دستم به دامنت

Answer 55

“I beg you”

“I implore you”

Question 56

دلمو صابون زدم

Answer 56

“I got my hopes up”

Question 57

از هر انگشتش یه هنر میباره

Answer 57

“They are very talented”

Question 58

حاضر جواب

Answer 58

quick-witted

Question 59

نیکی و پرسش؟

Answer 59

“Do you even have to ask?”