What is it in Persian (Farsi): Chiye

Chiye in a sentence

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

1. Sara, a family friend

   Chetori? Esmet chiye?

   How are you? What's your name?

   Module 1, lesson 2

2. Som, your friend

   Esmet chiye?

   What's your name?

   Module 1, lesson 6

3. Karan, your friend

   Khoshbakhtam! Esmet chiye?

   Nice to meet you! What's your name?

   Module 2, lesson 2

4. Bijan, the barber

   Salam! Khoobi? Esmet chiye?

   Hi! Doing good? What's your name?

   Module 6, lesson 7

5. Sara

   Sobhane chiye?

   What's for breakfast?

   Module 10, lesson 1

What Chiye is made of

• chiwhat
• +-yeis

Chiye is two pieces: chi (what) and -ye (is).

The ending -e / -st is taught in Module 1, lesson 2: What's your name?

When to say Chiye

Tack it onto a name: Esmet chiye? means what's your name?

The usual mix-up with Chiye

The is or am ending left off

Keep the ending that says is. "What is it?" is Chiye, while Chi alone is "What".

More about Chiye

Chiye means what is it. It is chi (what) plus the ending -ye (is), and it is tacked onto a name to make a question: Esmet chiye? is what's your name. The same -ye turns up in Kiye (who is it) and Kojast. It is taught in Module 1, lesson 2, in the lesson called What's your name?, where it appears for the first time as part of a real question. Because it is so short, it is easy to say without thinking, and you will hear it in a lot of lines before you need to build your own.

Questions people ask about Chiye