Farsi Alphabet: A Visual Map
Like Duolingo, but for Farsi Alphabet: A Visual Map. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
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Key ideas in Farsi Alphabet: A Visual Map
- The base shape (boat) is identical for B, T, P, and S
- The number and position of dots are the only ways to tell these letters apart
- One dot below is 'B' (Beh)
- Three dots below is 'P' (Peh)
- Dots below the line indicate 'B' or 'P' sounds
- Identify the phonetic value of the boat letters based on dot placement
- Distinguish between the single-dot 'B' and the three-dot 'P' below the line
- Dots inside/above the boat indicate 'T' or 'S' sounds
- Two dots on top is 'T' (Teh)
- Three dots on top is 'S' (Seh)
- Differentiate between the two-dot 'T' and three-dot 'S' inside/above the boat
- The 'C' shape with a large tail is the base for four different Farsi sounds
- Dot placement and count are the only ways to distinguish these four letters
- The 'belly' refers to the curved space inside the letter's tail
- A single dot inside the curve represents the 'J' sound
- Identify the four distinct sounds belonging to the 'belly' letter family
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Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
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A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
If the base shape is the same for four letters, how do you distinguish between them?
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Where Farsi Alphabet: A Visual Map takes you
Master the Persian script by treating letters as families of shapes rather than abstract symbols. Learn to spot the visual 'anchors' that make reading Farsi feel like solving a simple puzzle.
- 1
The Shape Families
- The Boat Letters
- The Belly Letters
- 2
Connecting the Dots
- The Seven Rebels
- The Art of Joining
2 sections · 4 units · 9 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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