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Take a rain check (Rimandare l'invito)

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?

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