Talking about Wants and Possibilities

(man) meekhām

I want

(tō) meekhāy

you want (informal)

(oo) meekhād

he/she wants

(oonā) meekhān

they want

(man) meekhām beram

I want to go

(tō) meekhāy beree

you want to go (informal)

(oo) meekhād beré

he/she wants to go

(mā) meekhāym bereem

we want to go

(oonā) meekhān beran

they want to go

(shomā) meekhāyn bereen

you want to go (formal)

(man) meeram

I go

(man) meetoonam beram

I can go

(man) nemeetoonam beram

I can’t go

(man) nemeekhām beram

I don’t want to go

(tō) nemeekhāy beree

you don’t want to go

bāyad

must/should

nabāyad

mustn’t/shouldn’t

shāyad

maybe

momken-é

it’s possible

behtar-é

it’s better

(man) bāyad beram

I must go

(tō) bāyad beree

you must go

(man) nabāyad beram

I shouldn’t go

(man) shāyad beram

I might go

momken-é beram

I may go

momken-é naram

I may not go

behtar-é beram

I’d better go

(man) bāyad āvāz bekhoonam

I have to sing

behtar-é chāi nakhoram

I better not drink tea

bāyad chāi bokhoram

I have to drink tea

(man) meekhām beeyām

I want to come

(tō) meekhāy beeyāy

you want to come (informal)

(oo) meekhād beeyād

he/she wants to come

(mā) meekhāym beeyāym

we want to come

(shomā) meekhāyn beeyāyn

you want to come (formal)

(oonā) meekhān beeyān

they want to come

(man) meekhām beeyām khooné

I want to come home

(man) meekhām beram eetāleeyā

I want to go to Italy

(oo) meekhād bā mān beeyād

he/she wants to come with us

(mā) meekhāym bā tō bereem

we want to go with you

(man) meekhām bā tō beram cinemā

I want to go to the movies with you

(man) meetoonam bā tō cinemā beram

I can go to the movies with you

(mān) bāyad bā tō cinemā beram

I have to go to the movies with you

(man) nabāyad bā tō cinemā beram

I shouldn’t go to the movies with you

(man) shāyad bā tō cinemā naram

I might not go to the movies with you

(man) momken-é bā tō cinemā beram

I might go to the movies with you

(man) meekhām bā tō cinemā beram

I want to go to the movies with you

(man) behtar-é bā tō cinemā beram

I better go to the movies with you

(man) behtar-é bā tō cinemā naram

I better not go to the movies with you