Learn Persian
Persian (Farsi) is spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, written in a flowing Perso-Arabic script and read right to left.
Below you'll find 2,707 native-checked Persian phrases organized by theme, the essential phrases to learn first, and a self-guided path from beginner to advanced. Browsing is free — the real progress comes when you say these out loud with a person.
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Essential Persian phrases for beginners →
The handful of phrases worth learning first, with pronunciation and usage.
Self-guided
The Persian mastery path →
A sequenced A1→C2 path: the Core 3000 words, graded readers, conversations and games.
Common Persian phrases people ask about
- How do you say “I'm fine, and you?”? خوب میشوم، چطور شما؟
- How do you say “Do you like this?”? از این خوشت میاد؟ (?Az in xošet miyād)
- How do you say “I'm fine, can we talk?”? خوبم، و آیا میتوانیم به هم پیام بدهیم؟
- How do you say “I'm a teacher.”? معلم هستم.
- How do you say “I'm here too.”? من توی اینجا هستم.
- How do you say “Do you leave at noon?”? شما ساعت ۱۲ صبح میروید؟
- How do you say “What time would you like?”? چطور ساعتی میخواهیم؟
- How do you say “What time can we meet?”? چطور ساعتی برای ما میتونیم بگیریم؟
Browse Persian phrases by theme
A path from beginner to fluent
Phrases are the start. flountain's self-guided path sequences your whole journey across the CEFR levels:
A1–A2 · Beginner
Survival Persian: greetings, courtesy, numbers, ordering food and asking directions — the phrases on this page.
B1–B2 · Intermediate
Real conversations: opinions, plans, stories and small talk, plus the Core 3000 vocabulary and graded readers.
C1–C2 · Advanced
Nuance and fluency: idiom, register and culture — built through reading, conversation and tutor feedback.
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Browsing phrases is the start. Practice out loud with native-speaker peers for free, or book a 1-1 video lesson with a vetted Persian tutor.