Mishe yavashtar begin Meaning: Formal Persian (Farsi) Phrase

Mishe yavashtar begin in a sentence

Real lines from the course, said by the people you meet in it.

1. Ameer, your friend

   Bebakhshid, mishe yavashtar begin?

   Excuse me, could you say it slower?

   Module 6, lesson 5

2. Baba Bozorg, your grandpa

   Bebakhshid, nafahmidam. Mishe yavashtar begin?

   Sorry, I didn't understand. Could you say it slower?

   Module 6, lesson 6

3. You say

   Nafahmidam. Mishe yavashtar begin?

   I didn't understand. Could you say it slower? (formal)

   Module 6, lesson 7

4. Salam! Mishe yavashtar begin?

   Hi! Could you say it slower?

   Module 10, lesson 1

5. Mishe yavashtar begin? Ye kam Farsi baladam.

   Could you say it slower? I speak a little Persian.

   Module 15, lesson 3

What Mishe yavashtar begin is made of

• mishecould you / is it possible
• +yavashtarslower
• +bega root
• +-inyou all

Mishe yavashtar begin is four pieces: mishe (could you / is it possible), yavashtar (slower), beg and -in (you all).

-id is the fuller form (bebakhshid); everyday speech says -in. After a vowel -in turns into -yn: mikha-yn, bia-yn, kei mia-yn.

The ending -in is taught in Module 6, lesson 1: Excuse me?

When to say Mishe yavashtar begin

When an elder or a stranger talks too fast. A friend gets Mishe yavashtar begi?

The usual mix-up with Mishe yavashtar begin

Friend form and respectful form swapped

For a friend: Mishe yavashtar begi. For an elder: Mishe yavashtar begin. The polite line changes begi to begin.

More about Mishe yavashtar begin

Mishe yavashtar begin? is the polite way to ask someone to say it slower. It is the friendly Mishe yavashtar begi? with the respectful -in at the end, the same ending as Chetor-in. Use it with an elder or a stranger who is talking too fast. It is taught in Module 6, lesson 5, in the lesson called Bijan's chair. In the course it comes after Bebakhshid or Nafahmidam, as in Nafahmidam. Mishe yavashtar begin? (I didn't understand. Could you say it slower?). Only the last letter changes from the friendly line.

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