آنجا
آنجا (ânjâ) means ‘there’ or ‘over there’ in Persian, pointing to a place away from the speaker. The spoken form اونجا (unjâ) is what you will actually hear in daily conversation.
Glossary
باشه
باشه (bâshe) is the colloquial Persian word for ‘okay’ or ‘alright’, the softened spoken form of باشد (bâshad) from the verb بودن. You will hear it dozens of times a day in any Iranian household.
رو
رو (ru) does three jobs at once in spoken Persian: it marks the direct object the way written râ does, it means ‘on’ or ‘onto’, and it is the colloquial word for face. One syllable, everywhere.
وقتی
وقتی (vaghti) means when as a subordinating conjunction, and it is the natural spoken way to link two events in time in Persian conversation.
پیش
پیش (pish) is a versatile Persian preposition and adverb meaning before, ago, near, or toward someone, and knowing it unlocks a whole layer of natural Persian speech.
خود
خود (khod) means self or oneself, and Persian uses it both as a reflexive pronoun and as a way to emphasize that someone did something on their own, without help or outside influence.
بالا
بالا (bâlâ) means up, above, or high, and it is one of the core spatial words in Persian, used for physical direction, social status, volume, and much more.
آدم
آدم (âdam) is the everyday Persian word for a person or human being, and Iranians use it to talk about people in general, about someone specific, or about themselves.
یکی
یکی (yeki) means one, someone, or a certain person, and it is one of the most versatile words in spoken Persian, pulling duty as a number, a pronoun, and an indefinite article all at once.
فقط
فقط (faghat) means only or just, and Iranians use it constantly to set limits, make excuses, and stress that something is the one exception in an otherwise open field.