• Read Persian right to left!
• Word for word translation is odd, but often humorous. Things get "lost in translation."
• Here you occasionally will see an "e" or "ye" in parenthesis - (e), (ye). This will not appear on the magnets. It is the sound of the "ezafe" which is used in Persian to indicate that one word modifies another. The "ezafe" is never shown, but always sounded out. And it's only there if the one word is modifying another. e.g., I have a car, vs. I have a blue car would be I have a car, vs. I have a car(e) blue. More about modifiers and word order here.

Here are some sentences made with the Pleasantries - t'Arof kit.

xAne(ye) tArik(e) mA rA bA nur(e) jamAletAn rowshan farmudid.
"You have commanded our dark house to be luminous with the light of your beauty."

xAhesh mikonam. qadam ru toxm(e) cheshm.
I implore you. Step on my eyeballs. (Believe it or not, this is a standard pleasantry.)

gusht(e) kubideh rA be mush(e) zir(e) miz t'Arof kard va mahz(e) in, hAlam be ham xord.
He/she proffered the ground meat to the mouse under the table and, as a result of this, I became nauseous.

qorbAn(e) dast o panjeh
(I'm the) sacrifice (for your) hand and paw. (This one is also a real t'Arof!)

azemat(e) jenAb'Ali bAes(e) xejAlat(e) hame shod.
The greatness of his excellency resulted in the embarassment of everyone.

cherA shomA shekaste nafsi mifarmAid?
Literally: "Why do you order broken essences?"
Practically: why do you put yourself down, sell yourself short?
Context: This is a good reply if your hostess tells you her house is a mess/the delicious meal she prepared isn't fit for consumption and so on.

gar injA ajaleh, safA kojA?
If here haste, where serenity? (Don't know, this sounds like it could be a proverb of some sort)

motasefAneh u dar hAl(e) ta'zim kardan bud vaqti ke ishAn bA hendevAneh tu sarash zadand.
Unfortunately, she was in the act of curtseying when they hit her in the head with a watermelon.

Note: The Language Expert says that ishAn is formal singular, so either drop the ishAn, change it to AnhA, or make it zad instead of zadand. This sentence can still be technically correct in context.

emshab sharbat(e) mozAhemat benush.
Tonight, drink the sherbet of inconvenience. (Note, the kit translates "mozahem" as "bother")

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