LEARN PERSIAN

[mlka]

Guys,

I am a total beginner and am looking for a good "learn persian" book.

Seen a few on Amazon but not sure which one to go for.

Any recommmendations?

Cheers!

 

[R.BAGGIO]

could you get an extra copy for Daei-24?

 

[Alixman984]

Guys,

I am a total beginner and am looking for a good "learn persian" book.

Seen a few on Amazon but not sure which one to go for.

Any recommmendations?

Cheers!

find a persian gf or if u r a girl find a persian bf. leave the job to the pros lol

 

[Afiveh]

Conversational Farsi (Persian): Learn to Speak and Understand Farsi (Persian) with Pimsleur Language Programs (Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur) [AUDIOBOOK] [UNABRIDGED] (Audio CD)


search it in Amazon.com

 

[brando]

could you get an extra copy for Daei-24?

LMAO

 

[Motori]

Check this site too. I've never used them but ppl doing so are praising their method.

http://www.rosettastone.com/en/individuals/languages/farsi

 

[Gundem]

could you get an extra copy for Daei-24?

wow...hold up. he's bad at parsi and english?

wtf so he's an Arab huh?

 

[R.BAGGIO]

no i think he was born in Germany

 

[dpour]

Rosetta stone is pretty good but i would try to learn farsi if i was you, not persian.

 

[liverpool]

Rosetta stone is pretty good but i would try to learn farsi if i was you, not persian.

I don't get it. What's the difference???!!

 

[Pooya]

I don't get it. What's the difference???!!

its like saying i wana learn American instead of English

 

[liverpool]

its like saying i wana learn American instead of English

hahaha... well, two or three decades ago, our contry's name was Persia, so, no one would have said, I wanna learn Farsi. Maybe that is the point. I think they are still the same thing, cause when I filled out a lot of forms, they had either Farsi or Persian as one of their choices which means they are the same. I'm not sure if dpour meant anything else.

 

[mashtnaghi]

The tapes will teach you the formal language, what is used in the news, and even there not completely. That is not how we speak, but how we write. If you learn the formal one people will laugh at you. Most major universities have a Persian language program. I encourage you to attend those, and practice what you learn with native speakers as you are learning the formal language.

 

[sirabi]

but i would try to learn farsi if i was you, not persian.

this will probably start this whole debate again but the correct thing to actually say is persian when speaking english, not farsi. Do you say I speak espangol when you speak English or do you say I speak spanish?

 

[R.BAGGIO]

balam jAn,

the language is called Persian in English, not Farsi, which is the same thing, the Latin translation of Parsi or Farsi = Persian

Farsi is the arabicized form of Parsi, due to a lack of the /p/ phoneme in Standard Arabic. now you can chose to call it Parsi, or Farsi when you are talking to Iranians, but when you speak in English, Persian is still used since they didnt get invaded.

 

[houman]

The argument was settled by Academy of Persian language and literature quite a while ago. It's called Persian in English, not Farsi.

http://heritage.chn.ir/en/Article/?id=88

 

[dpour]

LOL Academy of Persian Language. I wonder whether they would pick farsi or Persian hmm. Wait a second if they picked farsi they would have to change the name of their organization.

 

[houman]

LOL Academy of Persian Language. I wonder whether they would pick farsi or Persian hmm. Wait a second if they picked farsi they would have to change the name of their organization.

Obviously Persian is the correct usage, and hence the name of the organization, established back in 1935. Here's a bit more about the organization from wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Persian_Language_and_Literature

There are more articles on the matter at the bottom of that wiki entry.

 

[gdavoudgdavoudg]

ketabe farsiye avale dabestan