A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight

benazaré man

in my opinion

benazaré tō

in your opinion (informal)

chee fekr meekonee?

what do you think?

doost dāree bereem cinemā?

would you like for us to go to the movies?

ché feelmee?

what movie

sabr kon

wait (informal)

sabr koneen

wait (formal)

benazar meeyād

it seems that

jāleb

interesting

bejāsh

instead of

yek jā

somewhere

hameen jā

right here

masalan

for instance

nazdeek

close (location)

meetoonam

I can

meetoonee

you can (informal)

yakhchāl

refrigerator

gojé farangee

tomato

gooshté charkh kardé

ground beef

peeyāz

onion

kerāyé

rent

benazaré tō emshab cheekār bokoneem?

In your opinion, what should we do tonight?

nemeedoonam, tō chee fekr meekonee?

I don't know, what do you think?

sabr kon bebeenam.

Let me see

benazar meeyād too cinemā-hā filmé jālebee neest.

It seems there aren't good movies in the cinema.

bejāsh meetooneem yek jā shām bokhoreem.

Instead we can go somewhere to eat dinner.

masalan kojā?

Like where?

een nazdeek yek restoorāné cheenee bāz shodé.

Near here there's a Chinese restaurant that just opened.

man ghazāyé cheenee doost nadaram. ghazāyé eetāliyāyee beeshtar doost dāram.

I don't like Chinese food. I like Italian food more.

meetooneem too khooné shām dorost bokoneem.

We can make food at home.

een ham fekré khoobee-yé.

that’s a good idea

chee dorost bokoneem?

What should we make?

too yakhchāl chee dāreem?

What do we have in the fridge

meetooneem yek feelmé eetāliyāyee ham kerāyé koneem

We can rent an Italian movie

va hameen jā, too khooné negāh koneem!

and watch it here at home