A2Persian

Invitations & Making Plans

Use these phrases to invite friends or colleagues out, suggest a time and place, and confirm your plans naturally.

Key Phrases

Voice
Inviting someone · 2 ways to say it

امشب وقت داری بریم بیرون؟

casual

Emshab vaght dari berim birun?

Do you have time tonight to go out?

Use with friends and peers.

دوست دارید این جمعه با هم شام بخوریم؟

neutral

Dust darid in jomeh ba ham sham bokhorim?

Would you like to have dinner together this Friday?

Safe and polite for colleagues or acquaintances.

Accepting an invitation · 2 ways to say it

آره، خیلی دلم میخواد. کی بریم؟

casual

Are, kheili delam mikhad. Key berim?

Yeah, I'd really like to. When should we go?

بله، با کمال میل.

neutral

Bale, ba kamal-e meyl.

Yes, with pleasure.

A slightly more formal way to accept.

Declining politely

ببخشید، این هفته خیلی کار دارم.

neutral

Bebakhshid, in hafteh kheili kar daram.

Sorry, I have a lot of work this week.

Suggesting a place

بریم یه رستوران ایرانی نزدیک شرکت.

casual

Berim ye restoran-e irani nazdik-e sherkat.

Let's go to an Iranian restaurant near the company.

Notice 'یه' instead of 'یک', which is how real speakers talk.

Suggesting a time

عالی! ساعت هشت برای شما خوبه؟

neutral

Aali! Sa'at-e hasht baraye shoma khube?

Great! Is eight o'clock good for you?

Useful for proposing a specific time directly.

Confirming the plan · 2 ways to say it

باشه، پس، فردا ساعت هشت میبینمت.

casual

Bashe, pas, farda sa'at-e hasht mibinamet.

Okay, so, I'll see you tomorrow at eight.

The slight pause after 'pas' (so) prevents it from meaning 'the day after tomorrow'.

باشه، پس جمعه ساعت هشت میبینمتون.

neutral

Bashe, pas jomeh sa'at-e hasht mibinametun.

Okay, so I'll see you Friday at eight.

Uses the polite plural 'you' form (mibinametun).

Practice Dialogue

Colleague A
سلام علی. دوست دارید این جمعه با هم شام بخوریم؟
Salam Ali. Dust darid in jomeh ba ham sham bokhorim?
Colleague B
سلام رضا. بله، با کمال میل. کجا بریم؟
Salam Reza. Bale, ba kamal-e meyl. Koja berim?
Colleague A
بریم یه رستوران ایرانی نزدیک شرکت.
Berim ye restoran-e irani nazdik-e sherkat.
Colleague B
فکر خوبیه. من غذای ایرانی خیلی دوست دارم.
Fekr-e khubiye. Man ghaza-ye irani kheili dust daram.
Colleague A
عالی! ساعت هشت برای شما خوبه؟
Aali! Sa'at-e hasht baraye shoma khube?
Colleague B
بله، ساعت هشت برای من خوبه.
Bale, sa'at-e hasht baraye man khube.
Colleague A
باشه، پس جمعه ساعت هشت میبینمتون.
Bashe, pas jomeh sa'at-e hasht mibinametun.

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