Hi. How can I improve my persian speaking skill? Any advice? I don't want to give money to the websites, motshekeeram

For example, سلام is used to represent salam but it’s only written with one Alef instead of two . It’s literally spelled s-l-a-m so how do you all know what’s sounds is supposed to fill in the gap like how “ah” fills in the gap between “sl” or “سل”

Very new to the language obviously haha

Hi! I understand the meaning of “Gorbonet beram” But what’s the litteral meaning of gorbon, or the etymology of the word.

Appreciate any response

چطور در نوشتن نستعلیق بهتر شوم؟

I mean the ones who professionally record audio for poetry and not in a singing manner. And are there any farsi orator who record the poetry of rumi, sheraz or iqbal ? If anyone knows then please tell

Hello everyone!

Do not be fooled by my Iranian name lmao, I am not a native Farsi speaker and chose it mainly for religious reasons. However, I would love to learn the language. Some details about myself that may be relevant:

1. I speak both English (obviously) and Serbo-Croatian natively. I also took a few years of high school Spanish. Not sure how helpful these languages will be when I learn Farsi though

2. I am broke and would prefer free resources, I can hire someone to teach me when I am more financially stable but I am unable to do that at this time.

3. I do not know anything in Farsi and am starting from scratch.

I follow Shi'a Islam so learning Farsi has always been on my mind, anyone have an idea of what direction to point me into? Thank you! 😊

I have a Persian friend that was trying to explain what the saying "poro nasho" means in English but couldn't. Can anyone help?

Kheili zibaayi.

I’ve seen this phrase before but I can’t get a clear meaning on what it means and how it’s used. Please help me out. What context or what it means everything is helpful.

Thanks all. Love this sub.

So when someone asks me what language do you speak what should I say?

I'm hoping for some advice here from people who might have experience in this. I teach 8th grade. We require students to read 30 minutes everyday in advisory class and we track this through AR points and/or Achieve 3000 articles. One of my students is ELL and speaks Farsi. His WIDA score (English proficiency) is probably a 1 or a 2. I would love to have some books in Farsi for him (or other future students) to read but I can't find any that don't cost $50 or more. I'm sure it doesn't help that I teach in a small rural community. Any advice?

I don't know where to start. My plan is to learn how to read Perso-Arabic script first. I just wanted to know if that is a good place to start off or not and if you guys have any other tips or resources. Thanks

Suggest me some popular cartoon series that can be found in Farsi online for free.

How do I start and how should I progress?

Hi! I hope this is an okay question to ask here! My partner is Persian, and as a gift I wanted to engrave his name and a phrase. I just wanted someone who is fluent to help me confirm that I have a translation and the meaning correct, I thought about asking one of his family members, but I’m scared they won’t keep a secret 😂 I’ve been trying to learn Farsi but have made mistakes in the past about not understanding that some phrases are only meant for family members, etc…

‎با تو همه چیز زیباست (ba to hame chiz zibast)
English: "Everything is beautiful with you."

I found this phrase on a site written by a Persian woman so I’m hoping it’s close to correct but before I make a permanent mistake, I’d appreciate any insight ! Sepas gozaram 💜

I heard this in a sermon and I didn’t really get the meaning behind it although I’m almost conversational

بگذار عالمیان طعنه زنندم گویند. هر که خود را سگ کوی تو نخواند آدم نیست.

Thank you

As in to say “Hey, beautiful” in english. Or would it always he used as an adjective?

If the latter, is there another way/better way of saying the above example?

Hi all - I read a book years ago and this phrase has always stuck with me.

‎ بولسون ‎یول

Allegedly, it was a ~12th century greeting that means something like “May there be a road”, and it’s possible it made its way to Persia. I’m trying to figure out if this is written correctly (totally possible it’s not even the right language, forgive me if so). Thanks for the help!

Are there any websites that sell university textbooks written in Farsi? I am looking to buy books in science and math to read. I tried Amazon but not much showed up. If that doesn't work, I will use google-translate for some books I have.

Generally, I am looking to practice Farsi by reading more science/math content, so any recommendations are welcome.

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سلام بر همگی.

۱۵ ماه پیش شروع به یادگیری فارسی کردم و امسال یه چالش برام میزارم که به بالای سطح متوسط برسم. در حال حاضر میان این سطحم.البته یکم سخته بسنجمش بخاطر اینکه خیلی امتحان نیست که بتونم بدم و مجبورم تخمین بزنم.

سوالم ازتون اینه که شماها چیکار کردین تا به بالای این سطح برسین؟ چی بدردتون خورد؟

باید گفت که من روی فارسی غیر رسمی تمرکز میکنم.

دوست دارم روتینمو بهتون تعریف بکنم. امیدوارم بر این اساس بتونین چیزی توصیه بکنین.

• تازگیا شروع به خوندن غرور و تعصب کردم (تصمیم گرفتم امسال حداقل یه کتابی که برای بچه‌ نیست رو بخونم).
• سعی میکنم هر روز به محتوای در فارسی ببینم.این روزا ویدیو از کانال بی پلاس میبینم و هر کلمه‌ای که نمیدونم رو یادداشت میکنم و به انکی اضافه میکنم. ولاگ هم نگاه میکنم ولی متاسفانه یا خوشبختانه این دیگه چالش برانگیز نیست و معمولا میبینمش وقتی که صوصله دیدن بی پلاس رو ندارم.
• چند تا قسمت از پوست شیر دیدم، متاسفانه توش بعضی از شخصیت‌ها خلافکارن و به طوری صحبت میکنن که خوب نمیفهمم. اگه حالشو داشته باشم قسمتی از ساختمان پزشکان ببینم. اینو به راحتی متوجه میشم.
• چند بار هر هفته با ایرانیا به فارسی صحبت میکنم. توی ایتالکی یه معلم زبان هم گرفتم و هر هفته باهاش یه ساعت به فارسی حرف میزنم.

البته چند تا کار دیگه انجام میدم ولی بنظرم نیازی نداره اشاره‌شون کنم.

از نصیحت شماها ممنون میشم.

اگر همین الان کسی نباشه که حرف اخر رو بزنه،اون جامعه ازهم میپاشه،چون همیشه درکیر همدیکه میشن

I am a native Urdu speaker and can speak English as well. I can talk in English/Urdu with you so you can learn and you can talk in Farsi with me. Or if you're also a Farsi learner like me then we can both try to speak Farsi. I'm at pre-intermediate level IMO where I can form basic sentences, also understand them. Read and understand basic stories.

Hey there, I am a native urdu speaker and intermediate in English.

I want to learn farsi not just to communicate but to read books. I have been to youtube but it seems like they are teaching you just to converse like a visitor rather than solid grammer.

Would anyone be kind enough to suggest a source that teaches you grammer like sentence structure and tenses.

Prefereably a source that might help being a native urdu speaker.

Hi! We love the name کاملیا for our upcoming baby daughter. I’m Persian and husbands American so we wanted a name that works for both… but are struggling with what spelling to choose in English. We don’t want people to think we spelled it wrong, but we don’t love the spelling like the flower “Camellia” hoping to hear some opinions or how you’ve seen Persians spell it in English! One of our friends said if do the K people might think we’re naming her after Kamala Harris and it would just look like we don’t know how to spell it 🥲

Camellia/Kamelia/Kamilia/Camelia/camilia ?

We prefer Kamilia or Camelia