Persian/Lesson 2

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ا · ب · پ · ت · ث · ج · چ · ح · خ · د · ذ · ر· ز · ژ · س · ش

ص · ض · ط · ظ · ع· غ · ف · ق · ک · گ · ل · م · ﻥ · و · ه · ی

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Contents 1 In This Lesson 2 Dâl and Zâl 3 Re, Ze, Zhe 4 Sin and Shin 5 Sâd, Zâd, Tâ and Zâ 6 Grammar Point 6.1 Duplicate Letters: 7 Culture Point 8 Exercises 9 Vocabulary 10 Phrases

[edit] In This Lesson

• Letters: Dâl, Zâl, Sad, Zad, Ta and Za

• Grammar: duplicate letters.

• Exercises: word breakdown and letter recognition.

[edit] Dâl and Zâl

د ذ

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دم

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This word is pronounced "dom" and it means "tail".

دم	=	م	+	د
dom	=	m	+	d

ذ is called "zâl" and is similar to an English "z" sound.

[edit] Re, Ze, Zhe

ر ز ژ

در	=	ر	+	د
dar	=	r	+	d

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ژ (zhe) sounds like the "g" in "mirage", or if you know French, the "j" in "je". If you open your Persian-English dictionary at the letter ژ, you can see that it is not used in very many words. It occurs in many loanwords of French origin, such as zhâpon (Japan), zhâkat (jacket), zhen (gene) and zhad (jade).

ژاد	=	د	+	ا	+	ژ
zhâd	=	d	+	â	+	zh

[edit] Sin and Shin

س ش

سگ	=	گ	+	س
sag	=	g	+	s

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سیب	=	ب	+	ی	+	س
sib	=	b	+	i	+	s

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[edit] Sâd, Zâd, Tâ and Zâ

ص ض ط ظ

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صد	=	د	+	ص
sad	=	d	+	s

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طناب	=	ب	+	ا	+	ن	+	ط
tanâb	=	b	+	â	+	n	+	t

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[edit] Grammar Point

[edit] Duplicate Letters:

In Persian there is more than one letter available for some sounds. There are three "s"s, four "z"s, two "t"s and two "d"s. They are not all used equally, for example x is more common than x.

[edit] Culture Point

[edit] Exercises

Try to memorize the letters of the alphabet studied in this lesson.

ﺵ

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shin

ﺩ

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dâl

ﺱ

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sin

ژ

→

zhe

ﻅ

→

sâ

ﺫ

→

zâl

ﺹ

→

sâd

ﺽ

→

zâd

ﺯ

→

ze

ﻁ

→

tâ

ﺭ

→

re

Read these words by breaking them down into their component parts:

صبح

بابا

اسم

چرا

اثاث

توت

صبح	=	ح	+	ب	+	ص
sobh	=	h	+	b	+	s

See if you can recognize these familiar words:

ژاكت

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zhâkat

بازار

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bâzâr

بد

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bad

[edit] Vocabulary

Persian	Pronunciation	English
در	dar	to, for at
دم	dom	tail
رز	roz	rose
سگ	sag	dog
سیب	sib	apple
شب	shab	evening
شی	shir	milk
صد	sad	hundred
طناب	tanâb	rope

[edit] Phrases

Lessons: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • Contents • Introduction • Alphabet • Glossary • Handwriting •