🎯 Goals
- Ask for prices and understand costs.
- Use numbers in everyday shopping situations.
- Learn currency terms and how to bargain.
- Practice common shopping-related expressions.
💸 Currency and Shopping Terms
| Persian | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| پول | pool | money |
| قیمت | gheymat | price |
| ارزان | arzân | cheap |
| گران | gerân | expensive |
| چقدر؟ | cheghadr? | how much? |
| تخفیف | takhfif | discount |
| فروشنده | forushandeh | seller |
| خریدار | kharidâr | buyer |
🔢 Numbers Review (10–100)
| Number | Persian | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | ده | dah |
| 20 | بیست | bist |
| 30 | سی | si |
| 40 | چهل | chehel |
| 50 | پنجاه | panjâh |
| 60 | شصت | shast |
| 70 | هفتاد | haftâd |
| 80 | هشتاد | hashtâd |
| 90 | نود | navad |
| 100 | صد | sad |
🛍️ Common Expressions in a Shop
| Persian | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| این چنده؟ | in chande? | How much is this? |
| قیمتش چقدره؟ | gheymatesh cheghadreh? | What’s its price? |
| می‌تونم تخفیف بگیرم؟ | mitoonam takhfif begiram? | Can I get a discount? |
| خیلی گرونه! | kheili geroone! | It's very expensive! |
| ارزون‌تر ندارید؟ | arzuntar nadarid? | Don’t you have something cheaper? |
| لطفاً اینو می‌خرم | lotfan ino mikharam | I’ll buy this, please. |
🗣️ Dialogue
👤 A:
سلام، این کیف چنده؟
Salâm, in kif chande?
(Hello, how much is this bag?)
👤 B:
صد و پنجاه هزار تومنه.
Sad o panjâh hezâr tumâne.
(It’s 150,000 tomans.)
👤 A:
خیلی گرونه! تخفیف می‌دید؟
Kheili geroone! Takhfif midid?
(It’s very expensive! Can you give a discount?)
👤 B:
باشه، برای شما ۱۲۰ هزار تومان.
Bâshe, barâye shomâ 120 hezâr tumân.
(Okay, for you 120,000 tomans.)
👤 A:
مرسی، اینو می‌خرم.
Mersi, ino mikharam.
(Thanks, I’ll buy it.)
🧠 Notes on Iranian Money
- تومان (toman) is used colloquially, though ریال (rial) is the official currency.
- 1 toman = 10 rials
- Prices are almost always given in tomans.
- The word هزار (hezâr) means thousand.
Example:
پنجاه هزار تومان = 50,000 tomans
📝 Vocabulary Review
| Persian | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| کیف | kif | bag |
| تیشرت | t-shirt | t-shirt |
| کفش | kafsh | shoes |
| خریدن | kharidan | to buy |
| فروختن | forukhtan | to sell |
🧪 Exercise
Translate into Persian:
- How much is this shirt?
- It costs 80,000 tomans.
- Can I get a discount?
- It's too expensive.
- I’ll buy this bag.
Answers:
- این پیراهن چنده؟ — In pirâhan chande?
- قیمتش هشتاد هزار تومنه. — Gheymatesh hashtâd hezâr tumâne.
- می‌تونم تخفیف بگیرم؟ — Mitunam takhfif begiram?
- خیلی گرونه. — Kheili geroone.
- من این کیفو می‌خرم. — Man in kifo mikharam.