Survival Phrases

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

Use these phrases to comfortably book a table, specify your needs, and manage your reservation at 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 phrases when dining out to communicate your dietary restrictions and allergies clearly to restaurant staff.

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

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

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 answering questions at passport control and customs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Use these phrases when leaving a hotel: settling your bill, asking about extra charges, storing luggage, 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 fresh produce at a market and asking about quantities and prices.

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

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