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Taking a Taxi or Rideshare

Learn the essential phrases for directing a driver, asking about fares, and paying at the end of a taxi or rideshare trip.

Key Phrases

Setting the destination · 2 ways to say it

سلام، میخوام برم خیابون انقلاب.

neutral

salam, mikham beram khiyabun-e enghelab.

Hello, I want to go to Enghelab Street.

A standard, direct way to state your destination to a driver.

میشه من رو تا هتل ببرین؟

polite

mishe man ro ta hotel bebarin?

Could you take me to the hotel?

More polite, often used when asking a waiting taxi if they are willing to take your route.

Asking the fare in advance

تا مرکز شهر چقدر میگیرین؟

neutral

ta markaz-e shahr cheghadr migirin?

How much do you charge to the city center?

Asking for the trunk

میشه لطفا صندوق رو باز کنین؟

polite

mishe lotfan sandogh ro baz konin?

Could you please open the trunk?

Useful when you have luggage to put in the back.

Giving directions

مستقیم برین، بعد بپیچین راست.

neutral

mostaghim berin, bad bepichin rast.

Go straight, then turn right.

Telling the driver to stop · 2 ways to say it

لطفا جلوی اون مغازه نگه دارین.

polite

lotfan joloy-e un maghazeh negah darin.

Please stop in front of that shop.

من همینجا پیاده میشم.

neutral

man haminja piadeh misham.

I'll get off right here.

The standard everyday way to announce your stop to a driver.

Asking the final price

چقدر میشه؟

neutral

cheghadr mishe?

How much does it come to?

A short, standard way to ask the total cost at the end of the ride.

Asking how to pay

کارتخوان دارین یا نقد بدم؟

neutral

kartkhan darin ya naghd bedam?

Do you have a card reader, or should I give cash?

Handing over payment

بفرمایید، این هم پول.

neutral

befarmayid, in ham pul.

Here you go, here is the money.

Used when handing physical cash to the driver.

Tipping / Leaving change

بقیه پول برای خودتون، دست شما درد نکنه.

polite

baghiye-ye pul baraye khodetun, dast-e shoma dard nakone.

Keep the change, thank you.

Practice Dialogue

Passenger
سلام. تا میدون تجریش میرین؟
salam. ta midun-e tajrish mirin?
Driver
سلام. بله، بفرمایید سوار شین.
salam. bale, befarmayid savar shin.
Passenger
ممنون. کرایه تقریبا چقدر میشه؟
mamnun. kerayeh taghriban cheghadr mishe?
Driver
حدود صد هزار تومن میشه.
hodud-e sad hezar tooman mishe.
Passenger
باشه. میشه از اتوبان برین؟ اونجا خلوت تره.
bashe. mishe az otoban berin? unja khalvat-tar-e.
Driver
چشم. از اتوبان میرم.
chashm. az otoban miram.
Passenger
آقا، لطفا جلوی اون بانک نگه دارین. من همینجا پیاده میشم.
agha, lotfan joloy-e un bank negah darin. man haminja piadeh misham.
Driver
باشه. دستگاه کارتخوان من خرابه، نقد دارین؟
bashe. dastgah-e kartkhan-e man kharab-e, naghd darin?
Passenger
بله، بفرمایید، این هم پول. خسته نباشید.
bale, befarmayid, in ham pul. khaste nabashid.

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