2.3 Informal Conversation
In This Session
- You will learn how to greet and introduce yourself in Informal conversations in spoken and written forms.
- You will learn how to say goodbye informally in spoken and written forms.
Dialogue 1: Informal Spoken, Greetings and Farewells
| English | Persian |
|---|---|
| Maryam: Hello! | .مَریم: سَلام |
| Sarah: Hello! | .سارا: سلام |
| Maryam: How are you? | مریم: چطوری؟ |
| Sara: I am good. Thanks. Are you well? | سارا: من خوبم, مِرسی. تو خوبی؟ |
| Maryam: Yes, Thanks. | !مریم : آره, ممنون |
| Sara: Bye for now! | !سارا: فِعلاًخدافِظ |
| Maryam: Bye! | !مریم: خُدافَظ |
Dialogue 2: Informal Written Forms of Greeting and Farewell
| English | Transliteration | Persian |
|---|---|---|
| Maryam: Hello! | Maryam: salam! | مریم: سلام |
| Sara: Hello! | Sara: Salam! | سارا: سلام |
| Maryam: How are you? | Maryam: chetori? | مریم:چطوری؟ |
| Sara: I am well. Thanks. Are you well? | Sara: man khobam. mersi. khobi? | سارا: من خوبم, مِرسی. تو خوبی؟ |
| Maryam: Yes. Thanks. | Maryam: bale, Mamnoon, | .مریم : بله, ممنون |
| Sara: Bye for now! | Sara: felan khodafez. | !سارا: فِعلاَ خدافِظ |
| Maryam: bye. | Maryam: Khodahafez. | مریم: خُداحافَظ |
Informal Conversation in Spoken and Written Forms
Persian/Farsi is a language which has two basic conversation forms:
- Informal: we are learning in this section.
- Formal: we will learn in next section.
The informal form is used for familiar people, people you are very close to and friends.
Note: Even though you are very close to your father/grandfather, you address him in the formal form to show respect.
- Spoken is the way native speakers converse, in personal letters, emails, modern Poetry.
- Written is the form is mainly used in writing and broadcast news.
When speaking the Persian language, we use different form than we write! (another word in some ways we shorten the words in speaking conversations).
When Persian is spoken in everyday life, a couple of things are pronounced slightly different.
Take a look at this table:
| English | Informal | |
|---|---|---|
| House | خانه | Written |
| House | خونه | Spoken |
Key Takeaways
- You can greet and introduce yourself in informal conversations in spoken and written forms.
- You can say good bye informally in spoken and written forms.
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