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Persian Vocabulary Flashcards: Everyday Words and Short Exchanges

96 English-audience cards for everyday Iranian Persian: script-to-meaning recall, selected short responses, sound aids and clear written/spoken distinctions.

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Kuhusu kundi hili la kadi

96 cards for English-speaking beginners learning selected everyday words and short exchanges in modern Iranian Persian. Read Persian script and recall an English sense on 71 cards; produce Persian from a precise English meaning or short situation on 23 cards. Two introductory cards cover reading direction and unwritten short vowels. Backs give the answer first, a pronunciation aid and brief original usage notes or contexts.

The sequence moves through basics (20), people (16), food (18), places (16), time (14) and everyday things (12). Each topic introduces words before selected production prompts. Related forward, reverse and colloquial variants are separated by at least three unrelated cards; later spacing is set by the review scheduler. Every card uses the tag persian.

Standard spellings keep their standard readings: خانه is khaane, while explicitly colloquial خونه is khune; likewise نان naan / نون nun and آنها aanhaa / اونا unaa. آره aare is an informal yes. Polite and familiar you are distinguished. Short contexts select meanings of ambiguous spellings such as شیر (milk as a drink) and در (door as an object).

Sound aids are approximate, not IPA, reversible letter transliteration, or audio. a ≈ cat; e ≈ bed; o is a short pure o; aa ≈ father (a back vowel); i ≈ machine; u ≈ food. sh ≈ ship; ch ≈ chair; kh is like ch in Scots loch; gh is a voiced sound made at the back of the mouth, with no exact English equivalent; y ≈ yes; j ≈ jam; g is always hard. An apostrophe marks a brief catch before d in ba'dan; both a sounds use the short vowel. Stress and fine sound differences are not marked. Persian words read right to left; short vowels are usually unwritten.

Selected production cards help recall useful greetings, polite requests, pronouns, places and objects. There is no automatic reversal of every word, exhaustive vocabulary or alphabet course, grammar syllabus, audio or listening assessment, literary Persian, Dari or Tajik coverage, exam alignment, or promise of reading or conversation mastery. An English answer on a recognition card is the selected sense, not a claim that a word has only one meaning.

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Kadi za kundi hili la kadi

  1. Kadi namba 1

    Swali

    Persian script: which direction do you read words?

    Jibu

    From right to left.

    Numbers inside Persian text can follow a different direction. This deck uses modern Iranian Persian spellings.

  2. Kadi namba 2

    Swali

    Persian script: are short vowel sounds normally all written?

    Jibu

    No. Short vowels are usually left unwritten.

    Learn a word’s script together with its sound. Back-side Latin letters here are approximate sound aids, not IPA or a reversible letter transliteration; they cannot replace audio.

  3. Kadi namba 3

    Swali

    Persian → English: سلام

    Jibu

    Hello.

    Pronunciation aid: salaam.

    Use as a general greeting.

  4. Kadi namba 4

    Swali

    Persian → English: خداحافظ

    Jibu

    Goodbye.

    Pronunciation aid: khodaahaafez.

    Use when parting.

  5. Kadi namba 5

    Swali

    Persian → English: بله

    Jibu

    Yes.

    Pronunciation aid: bale.

    A neutral or polite yes.

  6. Kadi namba 6

    Swali

    Persian → English: نه

    Jibu

    No.

    Pronunciation aid: na.

    A basic negative reply.

  7. Kadi namba 7

    Swali

    Persian → English: لطفاً

    Jibu

    Please.

    Pronunciation aid: lotfan.

    Example: آب، لطفاً. — Water, please.

  8. Kadi namba 8

    Swali

    Persian → English: ممنونم

    Jibu

    Thank you.

    Pronunciation aid: mamnunam.

    A common expression of thanks; literally, I am grateful.

  9. Kadi namba 9

    Swali

    Persian → English: ببخشید

    Jibu

    Excuse me; sorry.

    Pronunciation aid: bebakhshid.

    Use to get someone’s attention politely or apologize for a small mistake.

  10. Kadi namba 10

    Swali

    Persian → English: خوب

    Jibu

    Good; well.

    Pronunciation aid: khub.

    Example: خوب است. — It is good. This is the standard written form of the sentence.

  11. Kadi namba 11

    Swali

    Persian → English: این

    Jibu

    This; this one.

    Pronunciation aid: in.

    Example: این کتاب — this book.

  12. Kadi namba 12

    Swali

    Persian → English: آن

    Jibu

    That; that one (standard written form).

    Pronunciation aid: aan.

    Often اون, un, in ordinary colloquial Iranian Persian. The written word here is read aan.

  13. Kadi namba 13

    Swali

    Persian → English: آره

    Jibu

    Yes (informal).

    Pronunciation aid: aare.

    Colloquial Iranian Persian; بله, bale, is more neutral or polite.

  14. Kadi namba 14

    Swali

    English → Persian: hello (general greeting)

    Jibu

    سلام

    Pronunciation aid: salaam.

    Use when meeting someone.

  15. Kadi namba 15

    Swali

    English → Persian: please (polite request word)

    Jibu

    لطفاً

    Pronunciation aid: lotfan.

    Also commonly written لطفا without the final diacritic.

  16. Kadi namba 16

    Swali

    English → Persian: thank you (use ‘I am grateful’)

    Jibu

    ممنونم

    Pronunciation aid: mamnunam.

    متشکرم, moteshakkeram, is another standard way to thank someone.

  17. Kadi namba 17

    Swali

    English → Persian: excuse me (politely get attention)

    Jibu

    ببخشید

    Pronunciation aid: bebakhshid.

    For example, before asking a stranger a question.

  18. Kadi namba 18

    Swali

    English → Persian: yes (neutral or polite)

    Jibu

    بله

    Pronunciation aid: bale.

    Informal آره, aare, also means yes, but is less suitable for this cue.

  19. Kadi namba 19

    Swali

    English → Persian: no (basic reply)

    Jibu

    نه

    Pronunciation aid: na.

    For a short negative answer.

  20. Kadi namba 20

    Swali

    English → Persian: goodbye (general farewell)

    Jibu

    خداحافظ

    Pronunciation aid: khodaahaafez.

    Use when leaving.

  21. Kadi namba 21

    Swali

    Persian → English: من

    Jibu

    I; me.

    Pronunciation aid: man.

    Example: من اینجا هستم. — I am here.

  22. Kadi namba 22

    Swali

    Persian → English: تو

    Jibu

    You (one person, familiar).

    Pronunciation aid: to.

    Use with a friend or someone you address familiarly; شما is the polite alternative.

  23. Kadi namba 23

    Swali

    Persian → English: شما

    Jibu

    You (polite singular or plural).

    Pronunciation aid: shomaa.

    Use for several people, or respectfully for one person.

  24. Kadi namba 24

    Swali

    Persian → English: او

    Jibu

    He; she (standard written form).

    Pronunciation aid: u.

    Persian does not distinguish he and she in this pronoun.

  25. Kadi namba 25

    Swali

    Persian → English: ما

    Jibu

    We; us.

    Pronunciation aid: maa.

    Example: ما اینجا هستیم. — We are here.

  26. Kadi namba 26

    Swali

    Persian → English: آنها

    Jibu

    They; them (standard written form).

    Pronunciation aid: aanhaa.

    A colloquial form is اونا, unaa. Do not read the standard spelling as unaa.

  27. Kadi namba 27

    Swali

    Persian → English: دوست

    Jibu

    Friend.

    Pronunciation aid: dust.

    Example: دوست من — my friend.

  28. Kadi namba 28

    Swali

    Persian → English: خانواده

    Jibu

    Family.

    Pronunciation aid: khaanevaade.

    Example: خانوادهٔ من — my family.

  29. Kadi namba 29

    Swali

    Persian → English: مادر

    Jibu

    Mother (standard noun).

    Pronunciation aid: maadar.

    مامان, maamaan, is the familiar word mum/mom.

  30. Kadi namba 30

    Swali

    Persian → English: پدر

    Jibu

    Father (standard noun).

    Pronunciation aid: pedar.

    بابا, baabaa, is the familiar word dad.

  31. Kadi namba 31

    Swali

    Persian → English: بچه

    Jibu

    Child; kid.

    Pronunciation aid: bache.

    A common everyday noun for a child.

  32. Kadi namba 32

    Swali

    Persian → English: اونا

    Jibu

    They; them (colloquial).

    Pronunciation aid: unaa.

    Ordinary spoken Iranian Persian; standard written آنها is aanhaa.

  33. Kadi namba 33

    Swali

    English → Persian: I (subject pronoun)

    Jibu

    من

    Pronunciation aid: man.

    Example: من دانشجو هستم. — I am a student.

  34. Kadi namba 34

    Swali

    English → Persian: you (address one stranger politely)

    Jibu

    شما

    Pronunciation aid: shomaa.

    The same pronoun also addresses several people.

  35. Kadi namba 35

    Swali

    English → Persian: we (subject pronoun)

    Jibu

    ما

    Pronunciation aid: maa.

    Example: ما آماده هستیم. — We are ready.

  36. Kadi namba 36

    Swali

    English → Persian: friend (one person)

    Jibu

    دوست

    Pronunciation aid: dust.

    Example: یک دوست — one friend.

  37. Kadi namba 37

    Swali

    Persian → English: آب

    Jibu

    Water.

    Pronunciation aid: aab.

    Example: آب سرد — cold water.

  38. Kadi namba 38

    Swali

    Persian → English: چای

    Jibu

    Tea.

    Pronunciation aid: chaay.

    Example: چای گرم — warm tea.

  39. Kadi namba 39

    Swali

    Persian → English: نان

    Jibu

    Bread (standard written form).

    Pronunciation aid: naan.

    The everyday spoken form نون is nun; this standard spelling is read naan.

  40. Kadi namba 40

    Swali

    Persian → English: برنج

    Jibu

    Rice.

    Pronunciation aid: berenj.

    Example: برنج و مرغ — rice and chicken.

  41. Kadi namba 41

    Swali

    Persian → English: پنیر

    Jibu

    Cheese.

    Pronunciation aid: panir.

    Example: نان و پنیر — bread and cheese.

  42. Kadi namba 42

    Swali

    Persian → English: تخم‌مرغ

    Jibu

    Egg (hen’s egg).

    Pronunciation aid: tokhm-e morgh.

    An ordinary food word; also written تخم مرغ.

  43. Kadi namba 43

    Swali

    Persian → English: سیب

    Jibu

    Apple.

    Pronunciation aid: sib.

    Example: یک سیب — one apple.

  44. Kadi namba 44

    Swali

    Persian → English: شیر (as a drink)

    Jibu

    Milk.

    Pronunciation aid: shir.

    This spelling also has other meanings, including lion and tap/faucet; the drink context selects milk.

  45. Kadi namba 45

    Swali

    Persian → English: گوشت

    Jibu

    Meat.

    Pronunciation aid: gusht.

    Use for meat as food; the word alone does not specify the animal.

  46. Kadi namba 46

    Swali

    Persian → English: مرغ (as food)

    Jibu

    Chicken.

    Pronunciation aid: morgh.

    For example: مرغ و برنج — chicken and rice. In other contexts مرغ can refer to a hen or bird.

  47. Kadi namba 47

    Swali

    Persian → English: نمک

    Jibu

    Salt.

    Pronunciation aid: namak.

    Example: کمی نمک — a little salt.

  48. Kadi namba 48

    Swali

    Persian → English: صبحانه

    Jibu

    Breakfast.

    Pronunciation aid: sobhaane.

    Example: وقت صبحانه — breakfast time.

  49. Kadi namba 49

    Swali

    Persian → English: غذا

    Jibu

    Food; a meal.

    Pronunciation aid: ghazaa.

    Example: غذای گرم — hot food.

  50. Kadi namba 50

    Swali

    Persian → English: نون

    Jibu

    Bread (colloquial).

    Pronunciation aid: nun.

    Ordinary spoken Iranian Persian. Standard written نان is naan.

  51. Kadi namba 51

    Swali

    English → Persian: water, please (short request)

    Jibu

    آب، لطفاً.

    Pronunciation aid: aab, lotfan.

    A simple request when choosing a drink.

  52. Kadi namba 52

    Swali

    English → Persian: breakfast (the meal)

    Jibu

    صبحانه

    Pronunciation aid: sobhaane.

    Use for the morning meal.

  53. Kadi namba 53

    Swali

    English → Persian: milk (the drink)

    Jibu

    شیر

    Pronunciation aid: shir.

    The drink cue distinguishes it from other words with the same spelling.

  54. Kadi namba 54

    Swali

    English → Persian: bread (standard written noun)

    Jibu

    نان

    Pronunciation aid: naan.

    Colloquial نون, nun, is common in speech; the cue asks for standard spelling.

  55. Kadi namba 55

    Swali

    Persian → English: خانه

    Jibu

    House; home (standard written form).

    Pronunciation aid: khaane.

    The colloquial form خونه is khune. Keep this spelling and its standard reading together.

  56. Kadi namba 56

    Swali

    Persian → English: اتاق

    Jibu

    Room.

    Pronunciation aid: otaagh.

    Example: اتاق کوچک — a small room.

  57. Kadi namba 57

    Swali

    Persian → English: خیابان

    Jibu

    Street; avenue.

    Pronunciation aid: khiyaabaan.

    Example: این خیابان — this street.

  58. Kadi namba 58

    Swali

    Persian → English: کجا

    Jibu

    Where?

    Pronunciation aid: kojaa.

    Example: کجا هستید؟ — Where are you? (polite or plural).

  59. Kadi namba 59

    Swali

    Persian → English: مغازه

    Jibu

    Shop; store.

    Pronunciation aid: maghaaze.

    Example: مغازهٔ کوچک — a small shop.

  60. Kadi namba 60

    Swali

    Persian → English: بازار

    Jibu

    Market; bazaar.

    Pronunciation aid: baazaar.

    Example: بازار نزدیک است. — The market is nearby.

  61. Kadi namba 61

    Swali

    Persian → English: بیمارستان

    Jibu

    Hospital.

    Pronunciation aid: bimaarestaan.

    Standard pronunciation shown; colloquial bimaarestun is also heard.

  62. Kadi namba 62

    Swali

    Persian → English: داروخانه

    Jibu

    Pharmacy.

    Pronunciation aid: daarukhaane.

    Example: داروخانه باز است. — The pharmacy is open. Standard pronunciation shown.

  63. Kadi namba 63

    Swali

    English → Persian: where? (question word)

    Jibu

    کجا؟

    Pronunciation aid: kojaa.

    For a full place question: کجاست؟ — Where is it?

  64. Kadi namba 64

    Swali

    Persian → English: خونه

    Jibu

    House; home (colloquial).

    Pronunciation aid: khune.

    Ordinary spoken Iranian Persian. Standard written خانه is khaane.

  65. Kadi namba 65

    Swali

    Persian → English: ایستگاه

    Jibu

    Station; stop (for transport).

    Pronunciation aid: istgaah.

    Example: ایستگاه اتوبوس — bus stop.

  66. Kadi namba 66

    Swali

    Persian → English: نزدیک

    Jibu

    Near; nearby.

    Pronunciation aid: nazdik.

    Example: نزدیک بازار — near the market.

  67. Kadi namba 67

    Swali

    English → Persian: pharmacy (standard written noun)

    Jibu

    داروخانه

    Pronunciation aid: daarukhaane.

    A place to obtain medicines; standard reading shown.

  68. Kadi namba 68

    Swali

    English → Persian: home / house (standard written noun)

    Jibu

    خانه

    Pronunciation aid: khaane.

    Colloquial خونه, khune, is common in speech; the cue asks for standard spelling.

  69. Kadi namba 69

    Swali

    Persian → English: اینجا

    Jibu

    Here.

    Pronunciation aid: injaa.

    Example: اینجا خوب است. — It is good here.

  70. Kadi namba 70

    Swali

    English → Persian: where is the hospital? (standard written question)

    Jibu

    بیمارستان کجاست؟

    Pronunciation aid: bimaarestaan kojaast.

    کجاست combines کجا (where) with است (is).

  71. Kadi namba 71

    Swali

    Persian → English: روز

    Jibu

    Day.

    Pronunciation aid: ruz.

    Example: یک روز — one day.

  72. Kadi namba 72

    Swali

    Persian → English: شب

    Jibu

    Night.

    Pronunciation aid: shab.

    Example: شب سرد — a cold night.

  73. Kadi namba 73

    Swali

    Persian → English: صبح

    Jibu

    Morning.

    Pronunciation aid: sobh.

    Example: صبح زود — early in the morning.

  74. Kadi namba 74

    Swali

    Persian → English: عصر

    Jibu

    Late afternoon; early evening.

    Pronunciation aid: asr.

    An approximate part of the day, not a fixed clock time.

  75. Kadi namba 75

    Swali

    Persian → English: امروز

    Jibu

    Today.

    Pronunciation aid: emruz.

    Example: امروز اینجا هستم. — I am here today.

  76. Kadi namba 76

    Swali

    Persian → English: فردا

    Jibu

    Tomorrow.

    Pronunciation aid: fardaa.

    Example: فردا می‌آیم. — I will come tomorrow. Standard written sentence.

  77. Kadi namba 77

    Swali

    Persian → English: دیروز

    Jibu

    Yesterday.

    Pronunciation aid: diruz.

    Example: دیروز اینجا بودم. — I was here yesterday.

  78. Kadi namba 78

    Swali

    Persian → English: الان

    Jibu

    Now; right now.

    Pronunciation aid: alaan.

    Example: الان نه. — Not now.

  79. Kadi namba 79

    Swali

    Persian → English: بعداً

    Jibu

    Later.

    Pronunciation aid: ba'dan; the apostrophe marks a brief catch before d, and both a sounds use the short vowel.

    Also commonly written بعدا without the final diacritic.

  80. Kadi namba 80

    Swali

    Persian → English: هفته

    Jibu

    Week.

    Pronunciation aid: hafte.

    Example: یک هفته — one week.

  81. Kadi namba 81

    Swali

    Persian → English: سال

    Jibu

    Year.

    Pronunciation aid: saal.

    Example: یک سال — one year.

  82. Kadi namba 82

    Swali

    Persian → English: دقیقه

    Jibu

    Minute (unit of time).

    Pronunciation aid: daghighe.

    Example: پنج دقیقه — five minutes.

  83. Kadi namba 83

    Swali

    English → Persian: today (this day)

    Jibu

    امروز

    Pronunciation aid: emruz.

    Example: امروز وقت دارم. — I have time today.

  84. Kadi namba 84

    Swali

    English → Persian: tomorrow (the next day)

    Jibu

    فردا

    Pronunciation aid: fardaa.

    Example: فردا وقت دارم. — I have time tomorrow.

  85. Kadi namba 85

    Swali

    Persian → English: کتاب

    Jibu

    Book.

    Pronunciation aid: ketaab.

    Example: این کتاب — this book.

  86. Kadi namba 86

    Swali

    Persian → English: خودکار (on a writing desk)

    Jibu

    Pen (writing instrument).

    Pronunciation aid: khodkaar.

    In other contexts خودکار also means automatic; this noun use means pen.

  87. Kadi namba 87

    Swali

    Persian → English: کاغذ

    Jibu

    Paper.

    Pronunciation aid: kaaghaz.

    Example: یک برگ کاغذ — one sheet of paper.

  88. Kadi namba 88

    Swali

    Persian → English: کلید

    Jibu

    Key (for a lock).

    Pronunciation aid: kelid.

    Example: کلید خانه — the house key.

  89. Kadi namba 89

    Swali

    Persian → English: تلفن

    Jibu

    Telephone; phone.

    Pronunciation aid: telefon.

    Example: شمارهٔ تلفن — telephone number.

  90. Kadi namba 90

    Swali

    Persian → English: کیف (for carrying belongings)

    Jibu

    Bag (everyday carrying bag).

    Pronunciation aid: kif.

    The exact kind of bag depends on context.

  91. Kadi namba 91

    Swali

    Persian → English: میز

    Jibu

    Table; desk.

    Pronunciation aid: miz.

    Example: روی میز — on the table.

  92. Kadi namba 92

    Swali

    Persian → English: صندلی

    Jibu

    Chair.

    Pronunciation aid: sandali.

    Example: این صندلی — this chair.

  93. Kadi namba 93

    Swali

    Persian → English: در (a household object)

    Jibu

    Door.

    Pronunciation aid: dar.

    The same spelling can also be a preposition meaning in/at; the object cue selects door.

  94. Kadi namba 94

    Swali

    Persian → English: پنجره

    Jibu

    Window.

    Pronunciation aid: panjere.

    Example: پنجره باز است. — The window is open.

  95. Kadi namba 95

    Swali

    English → Persian: book (a thing to read)

    Jibu

    کتاب

    Pronunciation aid: ketaab.

    Example: یک کتاب — one book.

  96. Kadi namba 96

    Swali

    English → Persian: key (for opening a door)

    Jibu

    کلید

    Pronunciation aid: kelid.

    Example: کلید در — the door key.

Illustration of a glass of tea, flatbread, a pomegranate and a plain blue notebook on a sunlit table beside a turquoise tile accent.

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Persian Vocabulary Flashcards: Everyday Words and Short Exchanges

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