Hi everyone, I am Sara and this is Persian made EZ, episode 3.
“Khabar” and its plural form “khabar-(h)ā” is the news in Persian.
So we say, “che khabar?”, or “che khabar-(h)ā?” to say, “what’s the news?”, “what’s new?”, or “what’s up?”.
To this we often say “salāmat-i!”.
Salāmat-i means health, and in this context we use it to say, “not much!”.
We can also respond to “che khabar?” and “che khabar-(h)ā?” with, “hich-chi(z), salāmat-i!”, literally, “nothing, just health!”.
And then we can ask, “to che khabar?” (informal), or “shomā che khabar?” (formal/plural), and “to che khabar-hā?” (Inf.), or “Shomā che khabar-hā?” (frm./pl.).
Let’s practice!
Dialogue 1
Salām! Chetor i? Che khabar?
Salām! Khub am, merci! Salāmat-i! To che khabar?
Hich-chi(z), salāmat-i!
Dialogue 2
Salām! Khub i?
Salām! Bad nistam, kheili mamnun! To khub i?
Merci, che khabar-hā?
Hich-chi(z), salāmat-i! To che khabar-hā?
Salāmat-i!
Persian Script
چه خَبَر؟ / چه خَبَرها؟: what’s new? / what’s up?
سَلامَتی: not much!, lit. health!
هیچی، سَلامَتی: nothing, just health!
تو چه خَبَر(ها)؟ / شُما چه چه خَبَر(ها)؟: what’s new with you? / what’s up with you?
Latin Script
Che khabar? / Che khabar-hā?: what’s new? / what’s up?
Salāmat-i!: not much!, lit. health!
Hich-chi(z), salāmat-i!: nothing, just health!
To che khabar(-hā)? / Shomā che khabar(-hā)?: what’s new with you? / what’s up with you?