farsi2 Flashcards
to speak
sohbæt kærdæn
bird
pærændeh
door
dær
to cut
boridæn
window
pænjereh
box
jæbeh
yesterday
di: ru:z
to fix / to repair
tæmi:r kærdæn
today
em ru:z
to eat
khordæn
to have
da:shtæn
brown
ghæh ve i:
to go
ræftæn
orange
na:rennji
to write
neveshtæn
grey
kha:kestæri
to see
didæn
sky
a:sema:n
to break / to shatter (something)
shekæstæn
sky blue
a:bi ye a:sema:ni
to close
bæstæn
bright
roshæn
to kiss
bu:sidæn
bright color
rænge roshæn
table
mi:z
dark
ti:reh
glass
liva:n
dark color
ræng-e-ti:reh
book
keta:b
600
shesh sæd
to clean
tæmi:z kærdæn
700
hæft sæd
to wash
shostæn
800
hæsht sæd
to open
ba:z kærdæn
900
noh sæd
this
in
1000
heza:r
that
a:n
10000
dæh heza:r
man
mærd
100000
sæd heza:r
woman
zæn
1000000
yek milyu:n
to buy
khæridæn
1587
heza:r-o-pa:nsæd-o-hæshta:d-o-hæft
friend
du:st
belt
kæmærbænd
father
pedær / ba:ba:
a shop
mægha:zeh
mother
ma:dær / ma:ma:n
shop keeper
mægha:zeh da:r
brother
bæra:dær
trousers
shælva:r
sister
kha:hær
color TV
televiziyun-e-rængi
car
ma:shin
black and white TV
televiziyun-e-siya:h-o-sefid
house / home
kha:neh
to publish
entesha:r da:dæn
to sell
foru:khtæn
gate
dærva:zeh
Welcome!
khosh a:mædid
coat
kot
Hello!
sæla:m
pencil
meda:d
Bye bye!
khoda: ha:fez
to fly (e.g. a bird, plane)
pærva:z kærdæn
to read
kha:ndæn
to stop
motevæghef kærdæn
to find
peida: kærdæn
police
polis
to build
sa:khtæn
mechanic
meka:nik
last year
pa:r sa:l
motorcycle
motor siklet
bridge
pol
to paint
ræng kærdæn
market
ba:za:r
wall
diva:r
at / in (inside)
dær
new
ta:zeh
What is the complete sentence structure in Farsi (simple past tense)?
subject + object + time + place + verb
old (worn, used)
kohneh
to be
bu:dæn
old (antique)
ghædi:mi:
suddenly
na:geha:n
old (age)
pi:r
somebody / someone
yeki
Are you ready?
ha:zeri:
to knock at the door
dær zædæn
Not yet.
næ hænu:z
TV
televiziyu:n
Can I help you?
Mishe komæketun konæm?
to turn off
kha:mu:sh kærdæn
What are you doing?
chika:r mikoni?
to stand up
bolænd shodæn
(I am doing) nothing!
hi:ch ka:r!
alone
tænha:
What should we be doing? What can we do about it (It is what it is…)?
chika:r bokonim?
basket
sæbæd
Wait (a minute)!
voi:sa: (ye dæghighe)!
a
yek
crazy (person)
di:vu:neh
to take
bær da:shtan
a short / indulgent nap
chort
to thank someone
æz ‘somebody’ tæshæk.kor kærdæn
a good nap would hit the spot right now
chort meechaspeh
to sit down
neshæstæn
ugly
zesht
1
yek
beautiful (used with things)
ghæshæng
2
do
snow
bærf
3
seh
rain
ba:ra:n
4
chæha:r
it’s raining
ba:ra:n miya:d (or colloq. ba:ru:n)
5
pænj
cloud
æbr
6
shesh
it’s cloudy
æbri-e
7
hæft
wind
ba:d
8
hæsht
it’s windy
ba:di-e
9
noh
sun
a:fta:b
10
dæh
it’s sunny
a:fta:bi-e
street
khiya:ba:n
What’s the weather like?
hæva: chetore?
to come
a:mædæn
pepper
felfel
teacher
moæl.lem
tooth
dænda:n
week
hæfteh
guest
mehma:n
last
gozæshteh
illness
bima:ri
last week
hæfteh ye gozæshteh
It’s a zoo!! Lit. donkey
to
absent
gha:yeb
You’ve gone through so much trouble (with a meal etc.)!
kheyli zæhmæt keshidin.
homework
mæshgh
I am / was very happy.
khosh ha:l hæstæm / budæm.
to do homework
mæshgh neveshtæn
It was gooooood (about food)!
khosh mæzeh bud!
letter
na:meh
You were missed (lit. Your
place
this week
in hæfteh
I live in San Francisco
San Francisco zen degi mikonæm
to talk to somebody
ba: ‘somebody’ sohbæt kærdæn
Are you comfortable?
ra:hæt hæsti? (or short: ra:hæti?)
boy
pesær
I am comfortable right here!
inja: ra:hætæm
girl
dokhtær
to cook
pokhtæn
night
shæb
cake
keyk
last night
dishæb
to sharpen
ti:z kærdæn
eleven
ya:zdæh
knives
cha:ghu:ha:
twelve
dæva:zdæh
to obey
eta: æt kærdæn
thirteen
sizdæh
to obey something
æz ‘something’ eta: æt kærdæn
fourteen
chæha:rdæh
law
gha:nu:n
fifteen
pa:nzdæh
to catch
gereftæn
sixteen
sha:nzdæh
fish
ma:hi
seventeen
hefdæh
earthquake
zel zeleh
eighteen
hejdæh (hezhdæh in daily conversation)
bomb
bomb
nineteen
nu:zdæh
people
næfær
twenty
bist
to send
feresta:dæn
school
mædreseh
watermelon
hendeva:neh
to go to ‘some place’
beh ‘some place’ ræftæn
cook
a:sh pæz
head
sær
carpet
færsh
to push
hol da:dæn
to park (a vehicle)
pa:rk kærdæn
to kill
koshtæn
outside
biru:n
dog
sæg
office
dæftær
ago
pish
to issue
sa:der kærdæn
three days ago
seh ru:z-e-pish
ticket
belit
afternoon
bæd æz zohr
to fine
jærimeh kærdæn
yesterday afternoon
diru:z bæd æz zohr
to pay
pærda:kht kærdæn
to steal
dozdidæn
debt
bedeh ka:ri
young
jæva:n
debts
bedeh ka:ri ha:
Lady / Mrs.
kha:nom
piano
pia:no
young lady
kha:nom-e-jæva:n
to introduce
moærefi kærdæn
to touch
dæst zædæn
method
rævesh
to touch ‘something’
beh ‘something’ dæst zædæn
lunch
na:ha:r
student
da:nesh a:mu:z
dinner
sha:m
morning
sobh
breakfast
sob ha:neh
this morning
emru:z sobh
Persian is (sweet) like sugar!
fa:rsi shekær æst
to beat
zædæn
award
ja:yezeh
Name three Persian literary luminaries
Ha:fez, Sa:di, Rumi
driver
ra:nændeh
porter (carrier of bags)
hæm.ma:l
to tell someone
beh someone”
poison
zæhr
President
ræis-e-jomhu:r or ræis jomhu:r
supermarket
su:perma:rket
to resign
estefa: da:dæn
some (some water)
meghda:ri (meghda:ri a:b)
Vice President
nækhost væzi:r
meat
gu:sht
to express hope
ez ha:r-e-omidva:ri kærdæn
ice cream
bæstæni
to leave
tærk kærdæn
milk
shi:r
taxi driver
ra:nændeh ye ta:ksi
to like
du:st da:shtæn
anything
chi:zi:
ball
tu:p
cloth / clothes
leba:s
to look at …
beh … nega:h kærdæn
month
ma:h
balloon
ba:d konæk
for a long time
mod.dæt ha:st (sic)
child
bæch.cheh
food
ghæza:
bicycle
do chærkheh
beach
sa:hel
to break (the balloon broke)
tærekidæn (ba:d konæk tærekid)
soap
sa:bun
hand
dæst
forget about it / don’t worry
færa:mu:sh
needle
su:zæn
don’t forget….
ya:dæt næreh
fat fat boy
cha:gh pesær-e-cha:gh
snow
bærf
to scream
jigh zædæn
rain
ba:run
to laugh
khændidæn
it is raining
ba:run miya:d
to jump on …
pæridæn … ru: ye
Could you speak more slowly?
mishe yæva:sh tær sohbæt konin
anymore (I didn’t see them anymore)
digær (Man a:nha: ra: digær nædidæm)
Could you repeat that?
mishe un o (a:n ra:) tekra:r konin
twenty
bist
Please write it down
lotfæn un o (a:n ra:) benevisin
thirty
si
How do you say …?
… ra: chetori migin
forty
chehel
What does … mean?
ma’ ni ye … chi ye
fifty
pænja:h
How do I get to … ?
chetor mitunæm beh … beræm
sixty
shæst
serious / intense
shædid
seventy
hæfta:d
serious (not funny)
jeddi
eighty
hæshta:d
boat
gha:yegh
ninety
nævæd
sure / of course!
hæt mæn
hundred
sæd
sun glasses
eynæk a:fta:bi
to visit someone / something
æz (someone/something) didæn kærdæn
sun screen
zedd e a:fta:b
country
keshvær
sunset
ghurub
chocolate
shokola:t
sunrise
tulu’
to break / to crack (something)
tæreka:ndæn
suitcase
chæmedun
younger
ku:chik
summer
ta:bestun
mouse
mu:sh
sunburn
a:fta:b sukhtegi
white
sefid
to swim
shena: kærdæn
kite
ba:d ba:dæk
I didn’t do it
un (a:n) ka:r o nækærdæm
plate
bosh gha:b
shut up
suku:t
Matthew’s friend
du:st-e-Matthew
STFU
khæfeh shoh
to fly (e.g a kite)
pærva:z da:dæn
please be quiet
lotfæn sa:ket ba:shin
to fly (e.g a kite) - conversational
hæva: kærdæn
to cook
pokhtæn
cat
gorbeh
cook
a:sh pæz
Mr. Raafat
a:gha: ye Raafat
to sharpen
ti:z kærdæn
Mrs. Raafat
kha:nom-e-Raafat
law
gha:nu:n
room
ota:gh
earthquake
zel zeleh
evening
æsr
people
næfær
horse
æsp
night
shæb
tall
ghæd bolænd
last night
dishæb
short
ghæd kuta:h
to eat
khordæn
big
bosorg
to catch
gereftæn
the day before yesterday
pæriru:z
pencil
meda:d
to turn on
roshæn kærdæn
sun
a:fta:b
computer
ka:mpiyuter
to send
feresta:dæn
husband
shohær
watermelon
hendeva:neh
light
la:mp
anniversary
sa:lgærd e ezdeva:j
hour
sa:æt
Can you help me please?
mishe lotfæn beh mæn komæk konin
woman / wife
zæn
to work
ka:r kærdæn
several
chændin
(public) toilet
tuva:let e umumi
neighbour
hæmsa:yeh
almost
tæghribæn
to receive
dærya:ft kærdæn
band (music)
guruh e musighi
to hurt
zækhmi kærdæn
I’m funny!
khændeh da:ræm
to wreck / to destroy / to ruin (a cake, a tape etc.)
khæra:b kærdæn (NOT khera:b)
You’re think you’re funny?!
fekhr mikoni keh khændeh da:ri
to lose (opp. to find)
gom kærdæn
sore throat
gælu dærd
classmate
hæm kela:si
coast
sa:hel
bulldozer
boldozer
sand
shen
to give something to somebody
something ra: beh somebody da:dæn
snorkelling
ghævva:si
small
kuchæk (formal) kuchik (informal)
surfing
moj sæva:ri
dictionary
dikshoneri
surfboard
tækhte ye moj sæva:ri
pretty (flower)
ziba:i
waves
æmva:j
red
ghermez
How’s the weather?
hæva: chetore?
white
sefid
Today the weather is cloudy
emruz hæva: abri e
black
siya:h / meshki:
Today the weather is cold
emruz hæva: sard e
purple
bænæfsh
Today the weather is hot
emruz hæva: dægh e
yellow
zærd
Today the weather is warm
emruz hæva: gærm e
blue
a:bi
Today the weather is windy
emruz hæva: ba:di e
green
sæbz
hearing aid
sam’ak
100
sæd
I am sick / ill
mæriz æm
200
devist
Where does it hurt?
koja: dærd mikone?
300
sisæd
Mr. manager
a:gha: ye modir
400
chæha:r sæd
It hurts there.
a:nja: dærd mikone
500
pa:nsæd
correct
doroste
bus
otobu:s
carpet
færsh
bag
ki:f
to park
pa:rk kærdæn
tree
derækht
outside
birun
to plant
ka:shtæn
office
dæftær
knife
cha:ghu:
ticket
belit
kitchen
a:sh pæz kha:neh
to fine
jærimeh kærdæn
