Childhood Memories in Persian (خاطرات بچگی)

Everyday spoken Persian (Farsi) as people say it in Iran, from the Speaking your mind section of Yuz (level B1). Tap ▶ to hear each one.

Words

🧒 childhoodbachegiبچگی

📸 memory (of an event)khātereخاطره

📜 in the old daysghadimāقدیما

🌅 those were the daysyādesh bekheyrیادش بخیر

🌱 I grew upbozorg shodamبزرگ شدم

👶 grandchildnaveنوه

🎁 keepsakeyādegāriیادگاری

🏘️ neighbourhoodmahalleمحله

🕰️ old (things, places)ghadimiقدیمی

📖 story (told to children)ghesseقصه

⚽ we used to playbāzi mikardimبازی می‌کردیم

☀️ in the summerstābestunāتابستونا

🥺 longing (for what is gone)hasratحسرت

as soon ashamin keهمین که

Those were the days, our childhood.yādesh bekheyr bachegihāmunیادش بخیر بچگی‌هامون

In the old days we used to play in the alley.ghadimā tu kuche bāzi mikardimقدیما تو کوچه بازی می‌کردیم

My grandmother always told us stories.mādarbozorgam hamishe barāmun ghesse migoftمادربزرگم همیشه برامون قصه می‌گفت

In the summers we used to go up north.tābestunā miraftim shomālتابستونا می‌رفتیم شمال

I grew up in Tehran.man tu tehrun bozorg shodamمن تو تهران بزرگ شدم

I miss our neighbourhood.delam barāye mahallamun tang shodeدلم برای محله‌مون تنگ شده

As soon as I arrived, I called.hamin ke residam zang zadamهمین که رسیدم زنگ زدم

I have a funny memory.ye khātere-ye khandedār dāramیه خاطره‌ی خنده‌دار دارم

Yuz teaches the spoken form, so you'll see words like خونه (khune, home) rather than the written خانه (khāne). Audio is AI-generated.