the phrase after meal or food eating finished?

01:11 Jun 8, 2012 

Several different times upon admiring a very beautiful (and expensive) persian rug at a Persian's house I heard "It's yours". I told my wife that one of these days I am going ot roll the rug up and walk out with it just to teach them not to
Taarof

20:45 Jun 7, 2012 

Very interesting, thanks for sharing that.

12:00 Jun 7, 2012 

T'aarof obliges the customer to insist on paying, possibly several times, before a shopkeeper finally quotes a price and real negotiation can begin.

T'aarof also governs the rules of hospitality: a host is obliged to offer anything a guest might want, and a guest is equally obliged to refuse it. This ritual may repeat itself several times before the host and guest finally determine whether the host's offer and the guest's refusal are real or simply polite. It is possible to ask someone not to t'aarof ("t'aarof nakonid"), but that raises new difficulties, since the request itself might be a devious type of t'aarof.

At times t'aarof can lead to one performing a task that one does not want to perform. For instance, if one friend offers a ride to another friend only because they are being polite, they may become stuck in the situation if the friend agrees to get the ride. Of course if one was going by the rules of t'aarof, one would refuse the offer many times before accepting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taarof

12:00 Jun 7, 2012 

Taarof
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
T'aarof/ Tarof (Persian: تعارف‎) is a Persian form of civility emphasizing both self-deference and social rank. The term encompasses a range of social behaviours, from a man displaying etiquette by opening the door for a woman, to a group of colleagues standing on ceremony in front of a door that can permit the entry of only one at time, earnestly imploring the most senior to break the deadlock.

The prevalence of t'aarof often gives rise to different styles of negotiation than one would see in a non-Iranian culture. For example, a worker negotiating a salary might begin with a eulogy of the employer, followed by a lengthy bargaining session consisting entirely of indirect, polite language -- both parties are expected to understand the implied topic of discussion. It is quite common for an Iranian worker (even one employed in an Iranian neighborhood within Europe) to work unpaid for a week or two before the issue of wages is finally broached.[citation needed] Likewise, a shopkeeper may initially refuse to quote a price for an item, suggesting that it is worthless ("gh'aabel nadaareh"). T'aarof obliges the customer to insist on paying,
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11:55 Jun 7, 2012 

Taarof – Ta’arof – Taroof

ok, so the concept of taarof is something my friends and I discuss all the time, and how North Americans do not have this concept at all. It’s hard to describe the concept to my Canadian friends, because it almost seems backwards. It’s also a hard thing to define. It just is in our culture. From a young we just sort of know it and how it works because our parents taarof with family members and thier friends. Here are some examples of taarof-ing:

Inviting someone to your house, when you really don’t want them to come, but you almost feel like you have to invite them
when you go to a grocery store the cashier will say something to the effect of “no go ahead, it’s a gift” at which point the customer will say oh why thank you, and proceeds to pay because obviously its NOT a gift
when you go to someone’s house and you are sitting at the dinner table, dinner plate full, and the host offers you even more food
http://persianculture.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/taarof/

11:31 Jun 7, 2012 

Take it easy. I was in a hurry!

11:03 Jun 7, 2012 

I initially thought that "announce the gust" meant saying something before burping!

09:35 Jun 6, 2012 

Gaffed! yes Tony I was wrong! alcoholic. what about water drinking. a person complements water to you. how do you answer? say. no thanks is not what I am looking for. more polite.

09:31 Jun 6, 2012 

suppose the dinner is finished. the gust says thanks you for your great dish. the host replies ............
I need to know the response of the host

09:25 Jun 6, 2012 

Not sure what you mean by 'gust'? But in any case, it all depends why and what they might be saying — there's no reason for them to say anything at all in EN, so you need to 'invent' the situation to see what they might say.

For example, they might thank their hostess for a nice meal; or they might just announce to the people around that it was a nice meal... or any one of a number of other possibilities.

By the way, one wouldn't usually say "Cheers!" after drinking — this is normally said as a form of 'toast' before everyone starts their drink. And yes, does only apply to alcoholic drinks (not alcoholics = drunkards!) — unless someone is being deliberately humorous!