Persian phrasebook

Table of Contents:
Pronunciation guide / Vowels / Consonants / Basics / Problems / Numbers / Time / Clock time / Duration / Days / Months / Writing time and date / Colors / Transportation / Bus and train / Directions / Taxi / Lodging / Money / Eating / Persian phrasebook nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Shopping / Driving / Authority / Love

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Persian is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and neighbouring countries; there are also numerous Persian speaking communities throughout the world. Sometimes the language is also refered to as Farsi.

It is an Indo-European language, so there are many similarities to English, French, Russian and many other languages you might be more familiar with.

Pronunciation guide

The Persian alphabet is the same as the Arabic alphabet, plus four extra letters. It consists entirely of consonants. Vowels are written inconsistently, if at all; ا usually stands for ah when it's a vowel, but sometimes o. Most of the letters change shape when they are followed by another letter.

Vowels

Note that the short a sound occurs at the ends of words and other places where it doesn't in English; e.g. چهارده (cha-hahr-DA) "fourteen".

Consonants

Basics

Problems

Numbers

Time

Clock time

Duration

Days

Months

If speakers of the language commonly use a calendar other than the Gregorian, explain it here and list its months. See Hebrew phrasebook for an example.

Writing time and date

yyyy/mm/dd or yy/mm/dd Date Type is "solar hijri"

Clock Writing is like English.

Colors

Transportation

Bus and train

Directions

Taxi

get to _____? (Ta ... chande?)

Lodging

Money

Eating