Shoma ahle koja-yin: Formal "Where are you from?" in Persian

"Shoma ahle koja-yin?" in a sentence

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

1. Salam shoma ahle koja-yin?

   Hi! Where are you from? (formal)

   Module 2, lesson 9

2. Shoma ahle koja-yin?

   Where are you from? (formal)

   Module 2, lesson 9

3. You say

   Ahle Iran-am. Shoma ahle koja-yin?

   I'm from Iran. Where are you from?

   Module 2, lesson 10

4. Bebakhshid shoma ahle koja-yin?

   Excuse me, where are you from? (formal)

   Module 6, lesson 6

"Shoma ahle koja-yin?" word by word

• Shoma

  You (formal)

  Shoma is the you for elders and strangers: respect that still sounds warm.

• Ahle

  From

  Ahle ties a person to a place: it is the from in Ahle koja-yi?

• Kojayin

  Where are you? (formal)

Questions people ask about "Shoma ahle koja-yin?"