10. Getting Around the City
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🎯 Goals
- Ask for and understand directions.
- Use transportation-related vocabulary.
- Learn expressions to help navigate the city.
- Practice speaking with locals when using taxis or public transport.
🚕 Transportation Vocabulary
| Persian | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| تاکسی | tâxi | taxi |
| اتوبوس | otobus | bus |
| مترو | metro | subway |
| ماشین | mâshin | car |
| راننده | rânande | driver |
| ایستگاه | istgâh | station/stop |
| بلیط | belit | ticket |
| مقصد | maghsad | destination |
💬 Asking for Directions
| Persian | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ببخشید، ... کجاست؟ | bebakhshid, ... kojâst? | Excuse me, where is ...? |
| چطور برم به ...؟ | chetor beram be ...? | How do I get to ...? |
| ایستگاه مترو کجاست؟ | istgâh-e metro kojâst? | Where is the metro station? |
| مستقیم برو | mostaghim boro | Go straight |
| به راست / چپ بپیچ | be râst / chap bepich | Turn right / left |
| نزدیکه؟ | nazdike? | Is it nearby? |
🧠 Prepositions of Place
| Persian | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| در | dar | in/at |
| جلو | jelow | in front of |
| پشت | posht | behind |
| کنار | kenâr | beside/next to |
| روبه‌روی | ru-be-ru-ye | across from |
| بین | beyn | between |
🗣️ Dialogue
👤 A:
ببخشید، ایستگاه اتوبوس کجاست؟
Bebakhshid, istgâh-e otobus kojâst?
(Excuse me, where is the bus stop?)
👤 B:
مستقیم برو و بعد به راست بپیچ.
Mostaghim boro va ba’d be râst bepich.
(Go straight and then turn right.)
👤 A:
نزدیکه؟
Nazdike?
(Is it close?)
👤 B:
بله، پنج دقیقه راهه.
Bale, panj daghighe râhe.
(Yes, it’s a five-minute walk.)
📝 Vocabulary Review
| Persian | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ببخشید | bebakhshid | excuse me / sorry |
| مستقیم | mostaghim | straight |
| بپیچ | bepich | turn |
| دقیقه | daghighe | minute |
| راه | râh | way, path |
🧪 Exercise
Translate into Persian:
- Excuse me, where is the subway station?
- Go straight, then turn left.
- Is it far?
- No, it’s nearby.
- I want to go to the museum.
Answers:
- ببخشید، ایستگاه مترو کجاست؟ — Bebakhshid, istgâh-e metro kojâst?
- مستقیم برو، بعد به چپ بپیچ. — Mostaghim boro, ba’d be chap bepich.
- دوره؟ — Dure?
- نه، نزدیکه. — Na, nazdike.
- می‌خوام برم موزه. — Mikhâm beram muze.
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