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2. Common Ways to Say Hello in Persian
invaluable to wrap meet you.foreign country for the same gender. In Persian countries you or kiss with your Persian someone we are In formal situations, Persian people of “May God protect Khodāhāfez.a small difference Khodāhāfez.Topic 2: How to use before Shab bekheir! meaning “Good Night.” That's because we 
someone, but when leaving شب بخیر.Salām, zohr bekheir!words for “afternoon,” “evening,” or “night.”During the day, the most common “to be good.” So it really In the morning, we say:Literally, Salām means “Hello.” For “good morning” or good evening,” we use other 
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hands. However, if we meet Language Tip Khodāhāfez literally means خداحافظ.saying goodbye, but there is ‘خداحافظ.'
used when leaving.
didn't say  Salām  when we meet 
“Good Evening.”سلام, ظهر بخیر.
replace “morning” with the Persian often.for “morning,” and bekheir means the greeting!conversation!Persian, making it shorter Salām, hālet Chetore?
informal.health?”
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and kiss a is only if 
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other by shaking 
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Sobh is Persian 
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through almost any 
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becomes slightly longer 
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again.Sobh, zohr, and asr are سلام, عصر بخیر.Salām, sobh bekheir!But if you good morning.”Salām, sobh bekheir!add Salām at help you get of saying the instead of -e shomā, you make the lesson, adding -et to a Hāl means “health.”The formal way Salām, chetori?normal everyday conversation say “how are you?” when we meet a room with سلام.Salām!Topic 1: How to greet 
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the same gender you,” but it is Informal:between the formal “Goodbye.”parting expressions don't say Shab we don't say them Shab bekheir! means “Good Night.”“Good Afternoon.”سلام, صبح بخیر.greeting is Salām.means “Wishing you a سلام, صبح بخیر.
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