A2Persian

Buying Shoes

Use these everyday Persian phrases to ask for your shoe size, try shoes on, and talk about the fit.

Key Phrases

Voice
Asking to try on · 2 ways to say it

میشه این کفش رو بپوشم؟

neutral

mishe in kafsh ro bepusham?

Can I try this shoe on?

Literally means 'Can I wear this shoe?'

میتونم اینا رو امتحان کنم؟

casual

mitunam ina ro emtehan konam?

Can I try these on?

'ina' is the everyday spoken form of 'inha' (these).

Stating your size · 2 ways to say it

سایز من چهله.

neutral

sayz-e man chehel-e.

My size is forty.

من چهل میپوشم.

casual

man chehel mipusham.

I wear a forty.

A very natural, native-sounding way to state your shoe size.

Saying it's too tight · 2 ways to say it

این یک کم تنگه.

neutral

in yek kam tang-e.

This is a little tight.

پام رو میزنه.

casual

pam ro mizane.

It pinches my foot.

Common everyday idiom for shoes that rub or hurt your feet.

Asking for a bigger size · 2 ways to say it

سایز بزرگتر دارید؟

neutral

sayz-e bozorgtar darid?

Do you have a bigger size?

میشه بزرگترش رو بیارید؟

polite

mishe bozorgtar-esh ro biyarid?

Could you bring a bigger one?

Asking about color

رنگ دیگه داره؟

neutral

rang-e dige dare?

Does it have another color?

Deciding to buy

همین رو برمیدارم.

neutral

hamin ro barmidaram.

I will take this one.

The standard phrase to use when you have made your final choice.

Practice Dialogue

Customer
سلام، میشه اینا رو امتحان کنم؟
salam, mishe ina ro emtehan konam?
Shop Assistant
سلام. بله، سایز پای شما چنده؟
salam. bale, sayz-e pa-ye shoma chand-e?
Customer
من چهل میپوشم. رنگ سفید هم داره؟
man chehel mipusham. rang-e sefid ham dare?
Shop Assistant
نه، فقط مشکی داریم. بفرمایید، این چهله.
na, faghat meshki darim. befarmayid, in chehel-e.
Customer
ممنون. این یک کم تنگه. پام رو میزنه.
mamnun. in yek kam tang-e. pam ro mizane.
Shop Assistant
یک شماره بزرگتر بیارم؟
yek shomare bozorgtar biyaram?
Customer
بله لطفا.
bale lotfan.
Shop Assistant
بفرمایید. حالا این رو بپوشید.
befarmayid. hala in ro bepushid.
Customer
این خیلی راحته. همین رو برمیدارم.
in kheyli rahat-e. hamin ro barmidaram.
Shop Assistant
مبارک باشه. صندوق اونجاست.
mobarak bashe. sandogh unjast.

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