Survival Phrases

Use these essential phrases to greet people, introduce yourself, and make basic small talk when meeting someone new.

Use these phrases when meeting someone in person for the first time, checking on their journey, and suggesting a first activity.

Essential phrases for introducing yourself, asking someone's name, and making polite small talk when meeting for the first time.

Use these practical phrases to make natural small talk about everyday topics with colleagues and acquaintances.

Learn how to politely excuse yourself, wish people well, and say goodbye in everyday situations.

Essential phrases for ending a conversation, excusing yourself politely, and saying goodbye in everyday situations.

Essential phrases for saying goodbye in everyday situations, from leaving a shop to parting with friends.

Master the essential phrases for expressing gratitude, apologizing for mistakes, and politely navigating crowded spaces in everyday Persian.

Essential phrases for thanking people and apologizing in everyday Persian, from casual chats to polite interactions.

Essential phrases for thanking people, apologizing, and navigating polite social situations in Persian.

Use these phrases to smoothly navigate inviting people out, making concrete plans, and gracefully declining in everyday Iranian Farsi.

Use these phrases to connect with new people, discover shared interests, and casually suggest hanging out or staying in touch.

Use these phrases to comfortably book a table, specify your needs, and manage your reservation at a Persian-speaking restaurant.

These phrases will help you comfortably book a table, request specific seating, and modify your reservations in everyday spoken Persian.

These phrases will help you navigate a restaurant in Persian, from asking for a table to paying the bill.

Use these phrases to confidently ask for a menu, order food and drinks, and pay the bill in a Persian-speaking restaurant.

Essential phrases for asking for a table, ordering food, and paying the bill at a restaurant.

Use these phrases to confidently order coffee, state your preferences, and pay at a café in Iran.

Use these essential phrases to order coffee, choose your size, and pay naturally at an Iranian café.

Use these phrases when dining out to communicate your dietary restrictions and allergies clearly to restaurant staff.

Use these phrases to politely but firmly address problems with your food, order, or service in a Persian-speaking restaurant.

Essential phrases for asking for the bill, choosing how to pay, and leaving a tip in a cafe or restaurant.

These phrases will help you navigate paying the bill, dealing with card machines, and splitting costs naturally in a Persian-speaking environment.

Essential phrases for paying the bill, splitting the cost, or offering to treat your friends in Iran.

Essential Persian (Farsi) phrases for ordering drinks, managing a tab, and buying rounds at a bar or café.

These phrases will help you confidently order drinks, manage your tab, and handle ID checks at a Persian-speaking bar or cafe.

Use these phrases to navigate the airport check-in desk, drop off your luggage, and secure your boarding pass in Persian.

These practical phrases will help you smoothly navigate the check-in counter and confirm your boarding details at a Persian-speaking airport.

Use these phrases when passing through airport security to follow instructions and communicate with officers.

Essential phrases for navigating airport security, following instructions from staff, and answering questions about your belongings in a natural but appropriate tone.

Essential phrases for answering questions at passport control and customs.

Use these practical phrases to report a missing bag, describe its features, fill out the required forms, and arrange for delivery.

Use these practical phrases to buy train tickets, ask about prices, and navigate railway stations in Iran.

Use these essential everyday phrases when you need to top up your transit card, ask locals for directions, figure out which bus or metro line to take, handle transfers between stations, and politely make your way through a crowded carriage in a Persian-speaking city.

These essential phrases will help you navigate the Metro and local buses, buy tickets, handle transfers, and ask for directions.

Essential phrases for navigating public transport, buying tickets, and interacting politely with transit staff or other passengers.

Use these phrases to communicate naturally with taxi and rideshare drivers in Iran, focusing on spoken Tehrani Persian.

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

Essential phrases for communicating with taxi and rideshare drivers, from stating your destination to paying the fare.

These phrases will help you ask for and understand directions when getting around the city.

Use these phrases to ask for directions on the street, clarify instructions, and understand how to reach your destination in Persian.

Use these practical, everyday phrases to ask for directions, understand basic navigation, and confirm your route in Persian.

These phrases are essential for smoothly checking into a Persian-speaking hotel, asking about amenities like breakfast and Wi-Fi, and handling common room issues.

Essential phrases for arriving, asking basic questions, and getting settled at a Persian-speaking hotel.

Use these practical phrases when arriving at a hotel and checking in at the reception desk.

Essential phrases for reporting and resolving common problems with your hotel room, from broken AC to noise complaints.

Use these phrases when checking into a hotel or asking staff about services like breakfast, wifi, the gym, or late checkout.

Use these phrases to ask hotel staff about breakfast, wifi, facilities, luggage storage, checkout, and taxis.

Use these phrases when leaving a hotel: settling your bill, asking about extra charges, storing luggage, and giving feedback.

Use these phrases when checking out of a hotel, reviewing your bill, and giving feedback.

Use these phrases when trying on clothes in a shop and talking to the sales assistant.

Use these phrases when shopping for clothes and asking about sizes, colors, or trying something on.

Use these phrases when shopping for clothes, from asking about sizes and fabric to negotiating the price.

Use these phrases when buying fruit and vegetables at a market or grocery store.

Use these phrases when shopping for fresh produce at a market and asking about quantities and prices.

Use these phrases when negotiating prices and bargaining with a shopkeeper or market vendor.

Use these phrases when asking about prices and bargaining politely in a shop or market.

Use these phrases when returning or exchanging a faulty or wrong item at a store.

Use these phrases when checking out at a supermarket — bags, paying by card or cash, discount cards, receipts, and self-checkout problems.

Use these phrases when paying for groceries at a supermarket checkout — bags, card or cash, discount cards, receipts, and self-checkout problems.

Use these phrases at the pharmacy to describe a cold, headache, or stomach ache, ask for medicine and dosage, and check whether you need a prescription.

Use these phrases at the pharmacy to describe common symptoms and ask for medicine, dosage, and price.

Use these phrases at the pharmacy to describe symptoms in more detail, ask about dosage, prescriptions, and side effects, and get advice from the pharmacist.

Use these phrases to call a clinic, explain how urgent your situation is, ask about available appointment times, and register as a new patient.

Use these phrases to call a clinic, book a doctor's appointment, explain how urgent it is, and register as a new patient.

Use these phrases to describe pain, fever, and allergies to a doctor, and to understand what they recommend.

Use these phrases at the dentist to describe a toothache or sensitivity, ask about fillings, extractions, anesthetic, and cost.

Use these phrases to open a bank account — choosing an account type, providing ID and proof of address, asking about fees, and setting up your card and online banking.