How to Say "Or" in Persian (Farsi): Ya

Ya in a sentence

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

1. Kabab ya morgh?

   Kebab or chicken?

   Module 11, lesson 3

2. Ameer, your friend

   Dugh mikhay ya ab?

   Do you want the yogurt drink or water?

   Module 11, lesson 4

3. Shirin, your older neighbor

   Dugh mikhay ya chai?

   Do you want a yogurt drink or tea?

   Module 11, lesson 6

4. Sham mikhay? Ya sir shodi?

   Do you want dinner? Or are you full?

   Module 12, lesson 2

5. Ghaza mikhay? Mast ya dugh?

   Do you want food? Yogurt or a yogurt drink?

   Module 13, lesson 1

When to say Ya

Kabab ya morgh? asks which one. O would give you both.

More about Ya

Ya means or. Put it between two things and the other person picks one: Kabab ya morgh? is kebab or chicken, and Dugh mikhay ya ab? is do you want the yogurt drink or water. The course points out that O would give you both, so Ya and O are a pair worth learning together. It is taught in Module 11, lesson 3, in the lesson called Kebab or chicken? It is a very small word, so the course lets you hear it inside real offers before you build one. With a friend you use Mikhay, and with an elder Mikhayn.

Questions people ask about Ya