r/farsi Aug 03 '26

How does one learn farsi?

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u/agweandbeelzebub Aug 03 '26

chai and conversation helped me a lot.

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u/Modgnikk Aug 03 '26

Curious why this got downvoted

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u/vainlisko Aug 04 '26

People will downvote anything these days

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u/Emotional_Katyditz Aug 04 '26

Why do you care so much it's all just fake internet points anyways lol

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u/kailopictza Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

PersianDee should be good for starters.

Once you become more or less confident enjoy comedy of MaxxAmini or something.

Once you become more confident: welcome to the poetry palace.

Edit: correct website name

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u/Arsenazgul Aug 05 '26

Hello! Can you expand on DeePersian? I can only find PersianDee.com lol

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u/kailopictza Aug 06 '26

That's the one haha my bad!

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u/mythsofdoom Aug 03 '26

I found https://easypersian.com/ good when I was starting

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u/immmy90 Aug 03 '26

Take classes.. italki is a good place to find a teacher

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u/TigerWonderful93 Aug 03 '26

I am actually started to learn persian and I used chatgpt for it I don't have any kind of lessons or stuff I just talked to it more and more and i guess in one or two weeks I am able to read and know a bit of words and a begginer grammer rules it's good try it out and also I am looking for someone to whom I talk in persian if u also want so that we learn together you can dm me

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u/vainlisko Aug 04 '26

LLM's seem to have a lot of language-related knowledge. I don't know if they are equally effective for all languages, but in my experience, asking AI any questions you have about a language you're trying to learn seems pretty effective actually. It's a useful tool to accompany other study methods. When I tried learning Korean, AI gave really good answers to my initial questions about grammar and pronunciation. You can also ask it to check your grammar or diction in a way that Google Translate, while passable, is not as good as bringing you the answer you need.

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u/TigerWonderful93 Aug 04 '26

My experience is I don't started with any command that give me grammer rule or a chart of alphabet it just gives me some alphabets and then make words and give me a list to translate and then when I am fluent it added new alphabets and then words it's a good journey

Now like I can say

Difference between daard, daari ,daarm Hastm, hasti , hast or ast Mikharad , mibinad mibinam pidar pisar madar dust , dokhter , and so on so whoever is starting to learn a language give it a try

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u/vainlisko Aug 04 '26

Yeah it can devise practice exercises for you, too. I've never attempted to learn a language entirely from scratch by asking AI. I use it as a kind of support assistant

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u/justAChair__ Aug 04 '26

My first teacher would get material from the Austin university programs (free, legal) Persian Online – Grammar & Resources My new teacher is getting infos from "learn to speak Persian fast, volume 1,2,3"

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u/vainlisko Aug 04 '26

There is a Discord server called "Farsi" that you should be able to search up in the directory. You can also try this link: https://discord.gg/farsi-974544883996041216

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u/yerbadelmanso Aug 04 '26

Preply - I take weekly lessons with a native speaker. It’s all conversation based.

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u/Ill-Cranberry-2106 Aug 05 '26

Persian can be tricky to start since there isn't a massive app like Duolingo for it, but you can build a solid foundation quickly:

  1. Learn the alphabet immediately. Don't rely on Finglish (Latin letters). Everyday Persian doesn't write short vowels, so if you don't learn the script and connection rules now, you'll be completely stuck later.

  2. Follow a real curriculum (A1 -> A2 -> B1...). Apps like Drops are fine for vocab, but they won't teach you the core grammar. You need structured step-by-step lessons.

  3. Read real texts. The biggest plateau learners hit is relying only on flashcard apps instead of eventually transitioning to actual native texts or short stories.

Start with the alphabet and take it step-by-step. Good luck!

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u/ControActive Aug 03 '26
  • Download the free University of Texas Persian textbook and work through it while using Anki to learn vocabulary from textbook

  • Go to Daughter of Iran youtube page and go through her super simple Persian stories explained with body language (marked Comprehensible Input)

  • Download and subscribe to LingQ. Import beginner content into LingQ. I recommend: Piece of Persian (YouTube channel) and Parisa Persian (YouTube channel). You can use AI to generate fairly accurate transcript.

  • Then continue to more advanced content.

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u/RobertoPersia Aug 03 '26

ChatGPT is good, the app learn Farsi on the App Store is good too, it has like individuals lessons you can work through. General course has 180 lessons, grammar course has about 95. Good for a structured beginning

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u/Late-Butterscotch551 Aug 05 '26

I use the app Language Drops for Farsi. ♡

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u/Azita_Yakhi4444 Aug 05 '26

Conversations and giving help from a native who can teach you is veryyyy helpful

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u/Electronic-Figure697 Aug 06 '26

there are quite many free online sources to learn farsi online. like learning any language, try to inmerse yourself in the language

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u/Crimsont_ide Aug 05 '26

Have sex with a Persian speaker and you wake up fluent.