Persian-Farsi Basic Phrases - Works offline for Android

Military-related phrases for language learners. With text and audio.

Using this app, you can select an English phrase and view its translation and how to pronounce it in the foreign language.

This app was originally developed as an entry to the 2010 CIO/G6 "Apps for the Army" competition, and it is based on the modules publicly available online from the U.S. Defense Language Institute. While this app's subject matter relates mainly to military topics, the app is broadly useful with content relating to a range of topics.

Easy to use

Native speaker audio

Dictionary lookup

Pronunciation help: Transliteration/Romanization text

Over 600 phrases

Voice-based lookup (speak the phrase you want in English)

Good for language learning, or as a reference

Free and unlimited

This is part of a series of phrasebook apps published for many different languages and dialects. Phrasebooks in the series are available as "basic" and "medical" variants.

Text may be exported as Anki flash cards

Works offline: No network connection is required

Search bar for quick vocabulary lookup

No login or registration needed

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Many of the languages covered by this series of phrasebook apps are under-resourced, with translation apps and dictionaries not widely available from other sources.

*BASIC* phrasebooks contain the following categories of phrases:

Commands, Warnings and Instructions

Helpful Words, Phrases and Questions

Greetings and Introductions

Interrogation

Numbers

Days of the Week/Time

Directions

Locations

Descriptions (Colors, Shapes, Sizes, Tastes, Qualities, Quantities)

Emergency Terms

Food and Sanitation

Fuel and Maintenance

Medical Terms/General

Medical Terms/Parts of the Body

Military Ranks

Lodging

Occupations

Customs (Port of Entry)

Relatives

Weather

General Military Terms

Mine Warfare Terms

*MEDICAL* phrasebooks contain the following categories of phrases:

Introduction

Guidance

Registration

Assessment

Surgical Consent

Trauma

Procedures

Foley (Catheter)

Surgery Instructions

Pain Interview

Medicine Interview

Orthopedic

Obstetrics/Gynecology

Pediatrics

Cardiology

Ophthalmology

Neurology

Exam Commands

Caregiver

Post-Op/Prognosis

Medical Conditions

Pharmaceutical

Diseases

How to use

1. Choose a subject category from the menu. That category will be expanded.

2. From the expanded list of phrases shown, tap on the phrase you want.

3. On the phrase detail page, the phrase itself is shown alongside its pronunciation and the equivalent English phrase. Press the Play button to hear the audio pronunciation by a native speaker.

Ideal for

U.S. Military service members

Language learners

Doctors, nurses, and medical staff

Travelers

Aid workers

Linguists

Other languages and dialects available in this series

Albanian, Algerian, Amharic, Azeri, Baluchi, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Cantonese, Cebuano, Chavacano, Croatian, Czech, Dari, Egyptian, Emirati, French, Gan (Jiangxinese), Georgian, Gujarati, Haitian, Hassaniya, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Igbo, Ilocano, Indonesian (Bahasa), Iraqi, Japanese, Javanese, Jordanian, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean (North), Kosovar (Albanian), Kurmanji, Kyrgyz, Lebanese, Libyan, Lingala, Malay, Mandarin, Mongolian, Moroccan, Nepali, Palestinian, Pashto (Afgh.), Pashto (Pak.), Persian-Farsi, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Europe), Punjabi, Quechua, Russian, Saudi, Serbian, Sindhi, Somali, Sorani, Spanish (Colombia), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Venezuela), Sudanese, Swahili, Syrian, Tagalog, Tajik, Tamashek, Tamil, Tausug, Telugu, Thai, Tigrinya, Tunisian, Turkish, Turkmen, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Shanghainese, Yakan, Yemeni, Yoruba

Phrasebook

Vocabulary aid

Dictionary

Pronunciation guide

Flash cards

Reference

Learning aid

Making flash cards: Launch app and choose "Flash cards" from the menu in the top corner, and follow the prompts.