Learn how to ask how someone is
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Persian Season 1, Lesson 4 - Asking How Someone Is. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question “How are you?” in Persian. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'How are you?' in Persian. |
| Mehrnaz: [Normal] چطوری؟(chetori?) |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'How' |
| Mehrnaz: [Normal] چطور [Slow] چطور ( chetor) |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'are you' |
| Mehrnaz: [Normal] ی [Slow] ی(i) |
| Eric: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'How are you?' |
| Mehrnaz: [Slow] چطوری؟ [Normal] چطوری؟ |
| Eric: Here's the formal way to ask, 'How are you?' |
| Mehrnaz: [Normal] حالتون چطوره؟(haaletoon chetoreh?) |
| Eric: First is a word literally meaning “your health' |
| Mehrnaz: [Normal] حالتون [Slow] حالتون (haaletoon) |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'How' |
| Mehrnaz: [Normal] چطور [Slow] چطور(chetor) |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'is' |
| Mehrnaz: [Normal] ه [Slow] ه(eh) |
| Eric: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'How are you?' |
| Mehrnaz: [Slow] حالتون چطوره؟ [Normal] حالتون چطوره؟ |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning 'I'm fine. Thanks' |
| Mehrnaz: [Normal] خوبم. مرسی.(khoobam. mersi.) |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'fine' |
| Mehrnaz: [Normal] خوب [Slow] خوب(Khoob) |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'I'm' |
| Mehrnaz: [Normal] م [Slow] م(am) |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'Thanks' |
| Mehrnaz: [Normal] مرسی [Slow] مرسی(mersi) |
| Eric: Listen again to the response, 'I'm fine. Thanks' |
| Mehrnaz: [Slow] خوبم. مرسی. [Normal] خوبم. مرسی. |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'Not so well.' |
| Mehrnaz: [Normal] خیلی خوب نیستم.(kheili khoob nistam.) |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'so' |
| Mehrnaz: [Normal] خیلی [Slow] خیلی(kheili) |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'well' |
| Mehrnaz: [Normal] خوب [Slow] خوب (khoob) |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'not' |
| Mehrnaz: [Normal] نیستم [Slow] نیستم(nistam) |
| Eric: Listen again to the response, 'Not so well.' |
| Mehrnaz: [Slow] خیلی خوب نیستم. [Normal] خیلی خوب نیستم. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Mehrnaz: Like in English, in Persian, you can ask how your friend is by asking salam, khoobi? cheh khabar? سلام، خوبی؟ چه خبر؟ . This means "Hey, you Ok?" or "what's up?" And in response, you can say salam, khabar-e khas-si nist سلام، خبر خاصی نیست. Meaning "Hey, nothing special!" Or you might hear someone say salaamati, khabar-e khas-si nist سلامتی، خبر خاصی نیست which literally means “health, nothing special”. Salaamati means “health”. So the speaker means they are fine and healthy! |
Outro |
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| Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
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