Buying Shoes
Use these everyday Persian phrases to ask for your shoe size, try shoes on, and talk about the fit.
Key Phrases
میشه این کفش رو بپوشم؟
neutralmishe in kafsh ro bepusham?
Can I try this shoe on?
Literally means 'Can I wear this shoe?'
میتونم اینا رو امتحان کنم؟
casualmitunam ina ro emtehan konam?
Can I try these on?
'ina' is the everyday spoken form of 'inha' (these).
سایز من چهله.
neutralsayz-e man chehel-e.
My size is forty.
من چهل میپوشم.
casualman chehel mipusham.
I wear a forty.
A very natural, native-sounding way to state your shoe size.
این یک کم تنگه.
neutralin yek kam tang-e.
This is a little tight.
پام رو میزنه.
casualpam ro mizane.
It pinches my foot.
Common everyday idiom for shoes that rub or hurt your feet.
سایز بزرگتر دارید؟
neutralsayz-e bozorgtar darid?
Do you have a bigger size?
میشه بزرگترش رو بیارید؟
politemishe bozorgtar-esh ro biyarid?
Could you bring a bigger one?
رنگ دیگه داره؟
neutralrang-e dige dare?
Does it have another color?
همین رو برمیدارم.
neutralhamin ro barmidaram.
I will take this one.
The standard phrase to use when you have made your final choice.