Survival Phrases

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Use these phrases to ask for directions on the street, clarify instructions, and understand how to reach your destination 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 reporting and resolving common problems with your hotel room, from broken AC to noise complaints.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.