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Learn Farsi with ~200 Words
Base on the method by @funwithlanguages
First Verbs
be - بودن : boodan
there is - هست : hast
have - داشتن : dāshtan
do - کردن : kardan
go - رفتن : raftan
want - خواستن : khāstan
can - توانستن : tavānestan, or toonestan
need - لازم داشتن : lāzem dāshtan
think - فکر کردن : fekr kardan
know - دانستن : dānestan
say - گفتن : goftan
like - دوست داشتن : doost dāshtan
speak - صحبت کردن : sohbat kardan
learn - یاد گرفتن : yād gereftan
understand - فهمیدن : fahmeedan
Conjunctions
that (as in “I think that…�� or “the woman that…”) - که : ke
and - و : va
or - یا : yā
but - امّا , ولی : am-mā, vali
because - چون که : chonke
though - گرچه : garche
so (meaning “therefore”; e.g. “I wanted it, so I bought it”) - بنابر این : banābar’een (this isn’t commonly said in everyday situations)
if - اگر : agar
Prepositions
of - از : az
to - به : be
from - از : az
in - تو : too
at (a place) - توی : tooye
at (a time) - no equivalent, use the time: “I’ll eat at 7” = “من ساعت هفت می خورم”
with - با : bā
about - راجع به : rāje’be
like (meaning “similar to”) - مثل : mesle
for (for you!) - برای : barāye
before (also as a conjunction) - قبل از : ghabl az
after (also as a conjunction) - بعد از : ba’d (baad) az
during - در حین : dar heyne, or dar heene
Question Words
who - کی : kee
what - چی : chee
where - کجا : koja
when - کی : key
why - چرا : cherā
how - چطور/ چطور : chegooneh/chetor
how much - چقدر : cheghad
which - کدام : kodām, or kodoom
Adverbs
a lot - خیلی : kheyli
a little - کمی : kami
well - خوب : khoob
badly - بد : bad
only - فقط : faghat
very - خیلی : kheyli
too (as in “too tall”) - بیش از حد ، زیادی : beesh as had, zeeyādi
too much - خیلی زیاد : kheyli ziād
so (as in “so tall”) - خیلی : kheyli
so much - خیلی زیاد : kheyli ziād
more (than) -(بیشتر (از : beeshtar (az)
less (than) - (کمتر (از : kamtar (az)
as … as … (e.g. “as tall as”) - به…ی : be…ye e.g. as tall as - به بلندی : be bolandeeye…
better - بهتر : behtar
best - بهترین : behtareen
worse - بدتر : badtar
worst - بدترین : badtareen
now - الان : alān
then - سپس : sepas
here - اینجا : eenjā
there - اونجا : oonjā
maybe - شاید : shāyad
always - همیشه : hameesheh
usually - معمولاً : ma’moolan
often - خیلی اوقات : kheylee oghāt
sometimes - بعضی اوقات : ba’zi oghāt
never - هیچ وقت : heech-vaght
today - امروز : emrooz
yesterday - دیروز : deerooz
tomorrow - فردا : fardā
soon - به زودی : be zoodee
almost - تقریباً : taghreeban
already - قبلاً : ghablan
still - هنوز : hanooz
even - حتی : hat-tā
enough - کافی : kāfi
Adjectives
the, a - یک : yek, or ye
this - این : een
that - اون : oon
good - خوب : khoob
bad - بد : bad
all - همه : hame
some - بعضی : ba’zi
no - هیچ : heech
any - هر : har
many - بسیاری : besyār
bit of - یک ذرّه از : yek zar-re az
most -بیشتر : beeshtar
other - دیگر : deegar, or dige
same - یکی : yeki
different - مختلف : mokhtalef
enough - کافی : kāfi
one - یک : yek
two - دو : do
a few - تعداد کمی : te’dāde kami
first - اوّلی : av-vali
next - بعدی : ba’di
last (meaning “past”, e.g. “last Friday”) - قبلی : ghabli
last (meaning “final”) - آخری : ākhari
easy - راحت : rāhat
hard - سخت : sakht
early - زود : zood
late - دیر : deer
important - مهمّ : mohemm
interesting - جالب : jāleb
fun - باحال : bāhāl
boring -حوصله سر بر : hosele sar bar
beautiful - زیبا : zeebā
big - بزرگ : bozorg
small - کوچک : koochak, or koocheek
happy - خوشحال : khosh-hāl
sad - ناراحت : nārāhat
busy - مشغول : mashghool
to be excited - هیجان داشتن : hayejān dāshtan
tired - خسته : khaste
ready - آماده : āmāde
favorite - مورد علاقه : morede alāghe
new - جدید : jadid
right (meaning “correct”) - درست : dorost
wrong - اشتباه : eshtebāh
true - راست : rāst
Pronouns
Know them in the subject (“I”), direct object (“me”), indirect object (“to me”), and possessive (“my”) forms. All the same!
I - من : man
you - تو : toh
s/he - او : oo
it - drop pronoun, or use این/اون (this/that) : een/oon
we - ما : mā
you (plural/formal) - شما : shomā
they - آنها : ānhā
Nouns
everything - همه چيز : hame cheez, or hame chee
something - چیزی : cheezi
nothing - هیچ چیز : heech cheez
everyone - همه : hame
someone - کسی : kasi, or kesi
no one - هیچکس : heechkas
Farsi - فارسی : fārsi
English - انگلیسی : eengeeleesee
thing - چيز : cheez
person - فرد : fard
place - جا : jā
time (as in “a long time”) - زمان : zamān
time (as in “I did it 3 times”) - دفعه / بار : daf’e, bār
friend - دوست : doost
woman - زن : zan
man - مرد : mard
money - پول : pool
country - کشور : keshvar
Iran - ایران : eerān
city - شهر : shahr
language - زبان : zabān
word - کلمه : kalame
food - غذا : ghazā
breakfast - صبحانه : sobhāne
lunch -ناهار : nāhār
dinner - شام : shām
house - خانه : khāne, or khoone
store - فروشگاه : foroosh-gāh
office - دفتر : daftar
company - شرکت : sherkat
manager - مدیر : modeer
coworker - همکار : hamkār
job -کار : kār
work (as in “I have a lot of work to do”) - کار : kār
problem - مشکل : moshkel
question - سوال : soo’āl
idea - پیشنهاد : peeshnāhād
life - زندگی : zendegi
world - دنیا : donyā
day - روز : rooz
year - سال : sāl
week - هفته : hafte
month - ماه : māh
hour - ساعت : sā’at
mother - مادر : mādar
father - پدر : pedar
parents - مادر و پدر : mādar o pedar
daughter - دختر : dokhtar
son - پسر : pesar
child - فرزند (mainly used in formal situations) : farzand
wife - زن : zan
husband - شوهر : shohar
spouse - همسر : hamsar
girlfriend - دوست دختر : doost-dokhtar
boyfriend - دوست پسر : doost-pesar
More Verbs
work (as in a person working) - کار کردن : kār kardan
work (meaning “to function”, e.g. “the TV works”) - کار کردن : kār kardan
see - دیدن : deedan
use - استفاده کردن : estefāde kardan
should - باید : bāyad
believe - باور کردن : bāvar kardan
practice - تمرین کردن : tamreen kardan
come - آمدن : āmadan, or oomadan
leave - رفتن : raftan
return - برگشتن : bargashtan
give - دادن : dādan
take - برداشتن : bardāshtan
bring - آوردن : āvardan
look for __ - دنبال __ گشتن : donbāle __ gashtan
find - پیدا کردن : peydā kardan
get (meaning “obtain”) - گرفتن : gereftan
receive - گرفتن : gereftan
buy - خريدن : khareedan
try - امتحان کردن : emtehān kardan
start - شروع کردن : shoroo’ kardan
stop (doing something) - if telling someone to stop doing something, negate the sentence and add “no/anymore” - “دیگر ” (deegar or deege) i.e. stop eating - !دیگر نخور : deegar nakhor!
finish - تمام کردن : tamām kardan, or tamoom kardan
continue - ادامه دادن : edāme dādan
wake up - بیدار شدن : beedār shodan
get up - پا شدن : pā shodan
eat - خوردن : khordan
happen - اتفاق افتادن : et-tefāgh oftādan
feel - احساس کردن : ehsās kardan
create (aka “make”) - درست کردن : dorost kardan
meet (meeting someone for the first time) - آشنا شدن : āshnā shodan
meet (meaning “to bump into”) - دیدن : deedan
meet (an arranged meeting) - قرار گذاشتن : gharār gozashtan
ask (a question) - سوال کردن : so’al kardan
ask for (aka “request”) - خواهش کردن : khāhesh kardan
reply - جواب دادن : javāb dādan
mean - منظور __ این است که : manzoor+possesive eding een ast ke
read - خواندن : khāndan, or khoondan
write - نوشتن : neveshtan
listen - گوش دادن : goosh dādan
hear - شنيدن : sheneedan
remember - یاد) یاد__ هست will be possessive, i.e. من یادم هست) : yād+posessive ending hast
forget - یاد__ رفت : yād+posessive ending raft
choose - انتخاب کردن : entekhāb kardan
decide - تصمیم گرفتن : tasmeem gereftan
be born - به دنیا آمدن : be donyā āmadan
die - مردن : mordan
kill - کشتن : koshtan
live - زندگی کردن : zendegi kardan
stay - ماندن : māndan
change (as in the color changed) - عوض شدن : avaz shodan
change (as in I changed it) - عوض کردن : avaz kardan
help - کمک کردن : komak kardan
send - فرستادن : ferestādan
study - درس خواندن : dars khāndan, or dars khoondan
improve - بهتر شدن : behtar shodan
hope - …امیدوار بودن که : omeedvār boodan ke
care for __ - مواظب__بودن : movāzeb-e __ boodan
Phrases
hello - سلام : salām
goodbye - خداحافظ : khodāhāfez, or khodāfez
thank you - مرسی : mersi
you’re welcome - خواهش میکنم : khāhesh meekonam
excuse me (to get someone’s attention) - ببخشید : bebakhshid
sorry - ببخشید : bebakhshid
it’s fine (response to an apology) - اشکالی نداره : eshkāli nadāre
please - لطفاً : lotfan
yes - بله : bale
no - نه : na
okay - باشه : bāshe
My name is - اسم من…هست : esme man … hast
What’s your name? - اسم شما چیست؟ : esme shomā cheest?
Nice to meet you. - خوشبختم : khoshbakhtam
How are you? - شما خوبید؟ : shomā khoobid?
I’m doing well, how about you? - من خوبم، شما چی؟ : man khoobam, shomā chee?
Sorry? / What? (if you didn’t hear something) - چی؟ بله؟ : chee? bale? (chee is familiar)
How do you say ______? - چی میشه ؟ … : … chi meeshe?
What does ______ mean? - یعنی چی؟ … : … ya’ni chi?
I don’t understand. - من نمیفهمم : man nemifahmam
Could you repeat that? - میتوانید دوباره بگید؟ : meetavāneed dobāre begid?
Could you speak more slowly, please? - میتوانید آرام تر صحبت کنید؟ : meetavāneed ārām tar sohbat koneed?
Well (as in “well, I think…”) - خب : khob
Really? - واقعاً ؟ : vāghe’an
I guess that - حدس می زنم که : hads mee-zanam ke
It seems that - به نظر میاد که : be nazar meeyād ke
It’s hot. (talking about the weather) - هوا) گرمه) : (havā) garme
It’s cold. (talking about the weather) - هوا) سرده) : (havā) sarde
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notes from Johan van der Keuken on his film ‘Amsterdam Global Village’
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Tropical Malady, Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2004)
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When we are in front of an abstract painting, we have the license to interpret in any way we want. Or music—music is a medium that we might not understand, but that we feel and enjoy. But in the case of cinema many expect to receive a clear and unified message, but what I’m suggesting is that a film could be experienced as a poem, a painting, or a piece of music.
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