Persian Darsi from the Basics
Discover the foundations of standard formal Persian (Farsi-ye Darsi). Build your first sentences, connect words with the essential Ezafe, unlock the cursive script, and master polite formal conversation.
Like Duolingo, but for Persian Darsi from the Basics. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Making Sentences Work and Reading the Script and Speaking Formally. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Persian Darsi from the Basics
- Persian sentences typically follow a Subject-Object-Verb word order
- The verb must stay at the very end to complete the meaning of the clause
- Objects and descriptors sit between the subject and the final verb
- Persian grammar has no concept of grammatical gender
- The pronoun 'u' refers neutrally to he, she, or it
- Nouns, verbs, and adjectives never change based on male or female identity
- Persian verb endings change according to the subject (e.g., -am for 'I')
- Because the verb ending makes the subject obvious, separate pronouns like 'man' are usually dropped unless emphasizing the person
- Dropping the subject pronoun sounds natural and fluent in everyday Persian
- Simple statements of state or identity attach short enclitic endings directly to adjectives or nouns
- The ending '-am' acts as 'I am' when attached to a descriptive word
- Standard Persian uses plural pronouns (šomā) to show respect when addressing a single individual
- When using the polite plural pronoun, the verb must also take the matching plural ending
- The singular 'to' is reserved for close friends, family, or children
- The Ezafe is a spoken connector pronounced '-e' (or '-ye' after vowels) that links words without adding standard letters to the written word
- The core noun retains its standard spelling even when linked to a following modifier
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You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
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Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Persian Darsi from the Basics the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Where does the verb go in a standard Persian sentence?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where Persian Darsi from the Basics takes you
- 1
Making Sentences Work
- Building Your First Persian Sentences
- Linking Ideas with the Ezafe
- 2
Reading the Script and Speaking Formally
- Decoding the Cursive Alphabet
- Speaking with Formal Courtesy and Respect
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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