Hospitality Phrases in Context

Level 3

The host insists, and the guest says no politely before saying yes. This back and forth is called تعارف.

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These phrases carry no new grammar. Learn them as whole sentences, because they are the words that make a visit sound Afghan.

Moment	Who says it	Phrase	Meaning
Arrival	host	خوش آمدید، صفا آوردید	welcome, you bring joy
Sitting	host	بفرمایید، بالا بنشینید	please sit in the place of honor
Offering	host	چای بخورید	have some tea
Declining	guest	زحمت نکشید	please do not go to trouble
Answering	host	زحمتی نیست	it is no trouble
Eating	host	نوش جان	enjoy it
Thanking	guest	سلامت باشید	thank you, be well
Tired guest	host	مانده نباشید	may you not be tired
Leaving	host	به امان خدا	goodbye

The guest says thank you with تشکر. Both sides speak to each other with شما, and the host uses the polite command بفرمایید.

میزبان: خوش آمدید! صفا آوردید. بفرمایید، بالا بنشینید.
Host: Welcome! You bring joy. Please sit in the place of honor.
Three phrases for the first minute of a visit.
میزبان: چای بخورید. مهمان: تشکر، زحمت نکشید.
Host: Have some tea. Guest: Thank you, please do not go to trouble.
The guest declines once with زحمت نکشید, and the host will insist: this is تعارف.
میزبان: نان بخورید، نوش جان! مهمان: سلامت باشید.
Host: Please eat, enjoy! Guest: Thank you, be well.
نوش جان wishes the guest a good meal, and سلامت باشید answers it.
میزبان: مانده نباشید! مهمان: زنده باشید.
Host: May you not be tired! Guest: Thank you.
مانده نباشید greets a tired traveler, and زنده باشید thanks the host.
مهمان: ما را شرمنده کردید. میزبان: خانه، خانهٔ شما است.
Guest: You have been too kind to us. Host: The house is your house.
The guest praises the welcome, and the host answers with a warm fixed phrase.

Saying the Tehran word for thanks.
مهمان: مرسی، زحمت نکشید.
مهمان: تشکر، زحمت نکشید.
مرسی is the everyday thanks in Tehran. An Afghan guest says تشکر.
Speaking to an older guest with تو and a bare command.
تو بیا، چای بخور.
شما بفرمایید، چای بخورید.
A guest or an older person is شما, and the polite command is بفرمایید.

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Hospitality Phrases in ContextLevel 3

These phrases use polite requests and thanks.

خوش آمدیدنوش جانبفرماییدتشکر

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