Buying, and going shopping
خریدن is to buy a thing: you buy یک پیراهن. خرید کردن is the activity — going out and doing the shopping, with or without naming what you came home with. The noun inside it, خرید, is the shopping itself: خریدِ امروز is today's shopping.
| Persian | English |
|---|---|
| خریدن | to buy (something) |
| to go shopping, to do the shopping | خرید کردنkharid kardan | to go shopping, to do the shopping |
| We do the shopping every Friday. | ما هر جمعه خرید میکنیم.mâ har jom'e kharid mikonim. |
Where you buy it
A مغازه is any shop. A سوپرمارکت is the modern grocery — the word arrived with the thing, and Persian took it whole.
| I do my shopping at the supermarket. | من در سوپرمارکت خرید میکنم.man dar supermâr'ket kharid mikonam. |
Three garments
| Persian | English |
|---|---|
| headscarf | روسریrusari | headscarf |
| manteau (long coat worn as outerwear) | مانتوmânto | manteau (long coat) |
| t-shirt | تیشرتtishert | t-shirt |
روسری is رو (on) + سر (head) + -ی — literally the on-the-head thing, and it is the everyday word for the scarf worn in public in Iran. مانتو is the long, light coat worn over other clothes; the word is French (manteau), and the garment as Iranians wear it is a local invention with a borrowed name. تیشرت is English, spelled as it sounds.
| My sister bought a new manteau. | خواهرم یک مانتو جدید خرید.khâharam yek mânto jadid kharid. |
Note the verbs these take. You پوشیدن a تیشرت or a مانتو, as with any garment — but a روسری is سر کردن, put on the head, a verb pairing worth remembering before you need it.
