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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.10,0:00:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greeting in Farsi (1)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.87,0:00:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello and welcome to my Farsi course.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.44,0:00:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today I'm going to teach you how to greet someone in Farsi.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.55,0:00:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is one key word you need to know: 'salaam'.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.03,0:00:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Salaam' comes from Arabic and it actually means 'peace'.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.78,0:00:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we greet someone in Farsi, we're saying 'peace be upon you'.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.15,0:00:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Salaam'. The answer to that is 'salaam'.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.95,0:00:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, the next common line to use is 'good morning', 'good evening' and 'good night'.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.46,0:00:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good morning: 'sob bekheyr'.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.65,0:00:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Sob': morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.61,0:00:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'bekheyr' means 'be good'.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.80,0:00:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're actually saying 'May your morning be good'.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.99,0:01:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Sob bekheyr'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.83,0:01:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer to that is 'Sob bekheyr'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.12,0:01:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if it's 4 pm?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.34,0:01:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Asr bekheyr'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.30,0:01:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Asr' is 'evening' or 'afternoon',
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.21,0:01:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 'bekheyr' means 'be good'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.98,0:01:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'May your evening be good.'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.78,0:01:22.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Asr bekheyr.'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.82,0:01:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the answer to that is 'asr bekheyr'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.67,0:01:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if it's 9pm?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.75,0:01:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Shab bekheyr'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.95,0:01:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Shab' 'night'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.66,0:01:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Bekheyr' means 'be good'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.86,0:01:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Shab bekheyr'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.76,0:01:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May the night be good for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.90,0:01:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very important to keep in mind that you use 'sob bekheyr' when you want to say hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.41,0:01:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will never use it as 'bye'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.49,0:02:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will use 'asr bekheyr' for both 'hi' and 'bye'.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.80,0:02:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you will use 'sab bekheyr' only when you want to say 'bye'.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.72,0:02:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, people never stick to these rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.03,0:02:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually, people do not follow the strict rules of grammar or, you know, just cultural rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.26,0:02:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's good for you to know that this is the correct way of using these greetings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.71,0:02:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hope you enjoyed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.03,0:02:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Depending on what time you're watching this video,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.72,0:02:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'asr bekheyr' or 'sabh bekheyr'.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.42,0:02:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Khodaa-fez'.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.46,0:02:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Khodaa-fez'.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.70,0:02:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Khodaa' is 'god'.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.69,0:02:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Fez' is the short form of 'hafez',
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.26,0:02:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is 'may it protect you'.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.76,0:02:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'May God protect you'.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.25,0:02:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how we say 'bye' in Farsi.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.75,0:03:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Khodaa-fez'.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.33,0:03:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Farouhar' in Panlavi means 'I choose'.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.16,0:03:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It refers to a wise man flying on wings.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.17,0:03:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some associate the symbol with Zoroastrianism
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.82,0:03:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(the religion of ancient Persia):
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.98,0:03:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wings stand for 'kheyr' (good) and 'shar' (evil)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.96,0:03:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the man is in between.