A Dialogue between Leyla and Her Uncle Ahmad

hatman

certainly

bebeenee

see (directed to you informal)

befarmā een taraf

please come this way

sālon

living room

āshpazkhooné

kitchen

otāgh khāb

bedroom

zeeyād

a lot

hayvoonaté vahshee

wild animal

vahshee

wild

salām dāyeejoon ahmad!

Hello Uncle Ahmad!

salām leylā joon! khosh āmadee!

Hello Leyla dear, welcome!

khaylee mamnoon az davatetoon! cheghadr eenjā ghashangé!

Thanks for the invite! What a nice place!

doost dāree khoonarō bebeenee?

Would you like to see the house?

hatman, bebeeneem

Of course, let's see it.

befarmā een taraf.

Come this way

khob, een sālon-é

Ok, this is the living room.

khaylee bozorg-é!

It's so big!

balé, een ham ashpazkhoonast.

Yes, and this is the kitchen.

āliy-é!

It's nice!

een khooné sheesh otāgh khāb dāré.

This house has six bedrooms.

khaylee zeeyādé

That’s a lot

balé, khob meedoonee, fāmeelemoon khaylee bozorg-é.

Well, as you know, our family is very big

bereem beeroon?

Shall we go outside?

bāshé, bereem...

Okay, let's go...

ajab zeeb-āst!

It's so beautiful!

balé, haftād o panj hectār zameen dāreem.

Yes, we have 75 acres of land.

derakht zeeyād dāreem, va dō tā

We have lots of trees, and we have two

daryāchéyé koochooloo ham dāreem!

small ponds

deegé chee dāreen?

What else do you have?

deegé tractor dāreem, bulldozer dāreem. albaté, tractoremoon kharābé. panchar shodé.

We have a tractor, a bulldozer. Although, our tractor is broken. It has a flat.

khob, hayvoonāt chetor?

Well, what about animals?

eenjā hayvoonāté vahshee zeeyād dāreem. bobcat dāreem, coyote dāreem, āhoo dāreem. hamé cheez dāreem.

Here we have lots of animals. We have bobcats, we have coyotes, we have deer, we have everything.

parandé chetor?

What about birds?

balé! hamé joor parandeyee ham dāreem. een yekee ro bebeen, cheghadr ghashangé. ābeeyé, roshané. behesh meegan ‘Eastern Bluebird’.

Yes! We have all sorts of birds. See this one, how nice it is. Blue, bright. They call it 'Eastern Bluebird'.