How to Speak About the Languages You Know

eerānee hastam

I am Iranian

doost dāram zabān yād begeeram

I like to learn languages

fārsi sohbat meekonam

I speak Farsi

(tō) fārsi sohbat meekonee?

do you speak Farsi? (informal)

(shomā) fārsi sohbat meekoneen?

do you speak Farsi? (formal)

(tō) fārsi sohbat meekonee

you speak Farsi (informal)

(shomā) fārsi sohbat meekoneed

you speak Farsi (formal)

(man) fārsi sohbat nemeekonam

I don’t speak Farsi

(man) kamee fārsi sohbat meekonam

I speak a bit of Farsi

engleesee

English

espānyāyee

Spanish

meefahmam

I understand

meefahmee

you understand (informal)

meefahmeen

you understand (formal)

(man) fārsi meefahmam

I understand Farsi

(tō) fārsi meefahmee

you understand Farsi (informal)

(shomā) fārsi meefahmeen

you understand Farsi (formal)

kamee fārsi meefahmam

I understand a bit of Farsi

nemeefahmam

I don’t understand

bebakhsheed

I’m sorry

bebakhsheed, fārsi nemeefahmam

I’m sorry, I don’t understand Farsi

dāram fārsi yād meegeeram

I’m learning Farsi

lotfan yavāshtar sohbat kon

please speak more slowly (informal)

lotfan yavāshtar sohbat koneen

please speak more slowly (formal)

meeshé yavāshtar sohbat koneen?

could you speak more slowly (formal)

yavāshtar, lotfan

slower, please

meeshé lotfan tekrār konee?

could you please repeat? (informal)

meeshé lotfan tekrār koneen?

could you please repeat (formal)

bé fārsi chee meeshé?

how do you say it in Persian?

dorost meegam?

am I correct?

chejoor talafoz meeshé?

how is it pronounced?

fārsi baladam

I know Farsi