Hobbies & Free Time in Persian (سرگرمی)
Everyday spoken Persian (Farsi) as people say it in Iran, from the Getting around section of Yuz (level A2). Tap ▶ to hear each one.
Words
🏃 sport / exercisevarzeshورزش
⚽ football / soccerfutbālفوتبال
🏊 swimmingshenāشنا
⛰️ mountainkuhکوه
🎮 I playbāzi mikonamبازی میکنم
know how (to)baladبلد
🎬 film / moviefilmفیلم
🎵 musicmusighiموسیقی
🎶 songāhangآهنگ
🎧 I listengush midamگوش میدم
tobeبه
🖌️ painting / drawingnaghghāshiنقاشی
📜 poem / poetryshe'rشعر
weekendākhar-e hafteآخر هفته
🎲 game / playbāziبازی
Useful sentences
On the weekend we go hiking.ākhar-e hafte mirim kuhآخر هفته میریم کوه
I play football.man futbāl bāzi mikonamمن فوتبال بازی میکنم
I listen to Iranian music.be musighi-ye irāni gush midamبه موسیقی ایرانی گوش میدم
I love Hafez's poetry.she'r-e hāfez ro dust dāramشعر حافظ رو دوست دارم
What film did you see?che filmi didi?چه فیلمی دیدی؟
Can you swim?shenā baladi?شنا بلدی؟
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Yuz teaches the spoken form, so you'll see words like خونه (khune, home) rather than the written خانه (khāne). Audio is AI-generated.