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Learning Persian (Farsi) Persian (Farsi) is the official language of Iran. It is spoken by Language Family more than 75 million people, including a sizable population Indo-Iranian located in the United States and Canada. Dialect Modern Iranian Persian, which is Writing System the standard dialect officially rec- Persian alphabet ognized by the Iranian government and is the dialect used by the Language Tips media and entertainment industry • Persian is written and read from right to left; with the exception of numbers, in Iran. Modern Iranian Persian is which are written from left to right. the most widely spoken and under- stood dialect of Persian. • In Persian, certain vowels are not usually written. You’ll learn to determine the word from the context of the sentence. Accent • Speakers of Persian will often omit the subject of the sentence. You’ll be As spoken in Tehran able to identify who is speaking or who is being spoken about by the form of the verb. • Placement of stress within a word is important to convey a word’s meaning. Don’t worry—Rosetta Stone helps you acquire proper pronunciation through exposure to native speech, useful practice, and corrective feedback. • Most Persian letters change shape depending on whether they occur at the beginning, middle, or end of a word. You’ll learn to read and type these different forms in the reading and writing activities. The alphabet section is also available to you for reference. • To attain the final form of a letter within a word click Shift + Space key after the letter. م یخورد میخورد می_خورد (incorrect with space) (incorrect without space) (correct with Shift + Space key) • There is no upper or lower case in Persian. • In Persian, there are formal and informal ways to address others, depending on the age of the speaker and his or her relationship to the person being addressed. • Numbers in Persian are written with modified Hindi numerals. • Persian does not categorize words into masculine and feminine. It also does not have separate words for ‘he’ and ‘she.’ • Persian verbs have many forms of past tense, including a form for an action recently completed and a form for one that has been completed for a long time. SLK-RS-NFO-FAR-ENG-0805.

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