Reading the Persian Script
Like Duolingo, but for Reading the Persian Script. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
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Key ideas in Reading the Persian Script
- The letters Be, Pe, Te, and Se share a flat horizontal base
- Be (ب) is identified by a single 'anchor' dot underneath
- The boat shape sits directly on the writing line
- Pe (پ) uses three dots below the boat
- Other letters like Dal or Re have distinct curved or angled shapes
- Te (ت) and Se (ث) place their dots inside/above the boat shape
- Mapping the number and position of dots to the correct letter
- Recognition of the shared base shape for the 'boat' family
- Pe (پ) has three dots below (pitter-patter)
- Se (ث) has three dots on top
- Te (ت) is the only boat letter with exactly two dots
- The dots for Te are placed side-by-side above the line
- Distinguishing between Pe and Se based on dot placement
- Alef is a straight vertical line
- The seven 'stubborn' letters never connect to the letter on their left
- Alef represents the long 'A' vowel sound
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Reading the Persian Script 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.
Which of these letters is identified by having exactly one dot placed underneath its base?
Get it right to open this lesson and 9 more in the app.
Where Reading the Persian Script takes you
Master the elegant curves of the Farsi alphabet. Learn to recognize characters through visual mnemonics and understand how they 'hold hands' to form words.
- 1
The Visual Foundations
- The Boat Family
- The Stubborn Seven
- 2
The Flow of the Script
- The Belly Letters
- How Letters Hold Hands
2 sections · 4 units · 10 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Reading the Persian Script is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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