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Read the Persian A1 opening encounter and find the key.

About this unit

Maryam arrives at Parvin’s house. Read each line first, then play it to check.

  • اسم من مریم است means “My name is Maryam”.
  • است at the end of a line means “is”.
  • بفرمایید، کلید شما: Parvin hands over the key.
  1. پروین

    سلام! عصر بخیر!

    Hello! Good evening!

  2. مریم

    سلام! اسم من مریم است.

    Hello! My name is Maryam.

  3. پروین

    من پروین هستم. این خانۀ من است.

    I am Parvin. This is my house.

  4. پروین

    بفرمایید، کلید شما.

    Here is your key.

  5. مریم

    ممنون!

    Thank you!

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سلام! عصر بخیر!

Hello! Good evening!

سلام! اسم من مریم است.

Hello! My name is Maryam.

من پروین هستم. این خانۀ من است.

I am Parvin. This is my house.

بفرمایید، کلید شما.

Here is your key.

ممنون!

Thank you!

کلید

keykelīd

مریم

Maryam, a nameMaryam
Reading tips

These lines use Parvin, the house and the key from the Persian A1 opening scene. The introduction uses a fixed practice name. The main A1 course explains the grammar in context.

Reading practice

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

سلام! اسم من مریم است.

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

بفرمایید، کلید شما.

Read and decide

Who says this is her house?

من پروین هستم. این خانۀ من است.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

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سلام! عصر بخیر!

Hello! Good evening!

سلام! اسم من مریم است.

Hello! My name is Maryam.

من پروین هستم. این خانۀ من است.

I am Parvin. This is my house.

بفرمایید، کلید شما.

Here is your key.

ممنون!

Thank you!

کلید

key

مریم

Maryam, a name
Use a Persian keyboard

Persian standard keyboard: Persian ی/ک, ordinary logical letters, and ZWNJ (half-space). Numbers keep their normal internal order.

All letters

ا
اisolated‍اfinal
ā: long and deepIn آ
i

ā

◌َzabar: short a, as in “cat”In بَد
i

zabar: short a

ب
بisolated‍بfinalب‍initial‍ب‍medial
In با
i

bā

د
دisolated‍دfinal
In دا
i

dā

ر
رisolated‍رfinal
In را
i

rā

ن
نisolated‍نfinalن‍initial‍ن‍medial
In نا
i

nā

م
مisolated‍مfinalم‍initial‍م‍medial
In ما
i

mā

آ
آisolated‍آfinal
ā at the start of a word
i

ā at word start

◌ِzir: short e, as in “bed”In بِبَر
i

zir: short e

◌ُpish: a short oIn دُم
i

pish: short o

ت
تisolated‍تfinalت‍initial‍ت‍medial
In تا
i

tā

پ
پisolated‍پfinalپ‍initial‍پ‍medial
In پا
i

pā

س
سisolated‍سfinalس‍initial‍س‍medial
In سا
i

sā

ش
شisolated‍شfinalش‍initial‍ش‍medial
In شا
i

shā

ی
یisolated‍یfinalی‍initial‍ی‍medial
long ī, or y as in “yes”In یا
i

yā / ī. Persian ی has no dots in its isolated and final forms.

و
وisolated‍وfinal
In وا
i

vā / ū / o

ک
کisolated‍کfinalک‍initial‍ک‍medial
In کا
i

kā

گ
گisolated‍گfinalگ‍initial‍گ‍medial
In گا
i

gā

ل
لisolated‍لfinalل‍initial‍ل‍medial
In لا
i

lā

ج
جisolated‍جfinalج‍initial‍ج‍medial
In جا
i

jā

چ
چisolated‍چfinalچ‍initial‍چ‍medial
In چا
i

chā

خ
خisolated‍خfinalخ‍initial‍خ‍medial
rough kh: air rubs, no buzzIn خا
i

khā

ز
زisolated‍زfinal
In زا
i

zā

ژ
ژisolated‍ژfinal
In ژا
i

zhā

ف
فisolated‍فfinalف‍initial‍ف‍medial
In فا
i

fā

ق
قisolated‍قfinalق‍initial‍ق‍medial
gh, the same sound as غIn قا
i

ghā, spelling ق. In Standard Tehran Persian, normally the same sound as غ.

غ
غisolated‍غfinalغ‍initial‍غ‍medial
gh: deep, with a buzzIn غا
i

ghā, spelling غ. Learn the spelling word by word.

ه
هisolated‍هfinalه‍initial‍ه‍medial
In ها
i

hā / final -e

ث
ثisolated‍ثfinalث‍initial‍ث‍medial
In ثا
i

sā, spelling ث

ص
صisolated‍صfinalص‍initial‍ص‍medial
In صا
i

sā, spelling ص

ح
حisolated‍حfinalح‍initial‍ح‍medial
In حا
i

hā, spelling ح

ذ
ذisolated‍ذfinal
In ذا
i

zā, spelling ذ

ض
ضisolated‍ضfinalض‍initial‍ض‍medial
In ضا
i

zā, spelling ض

ط
طisolated‍طfinalط‍initial‍ط‍medial
In طا
i

tā, spelling ط

ظ
ظisolated‍ظfinalظ‍initial‍ظ‍medial
In ظا
i

zā, spelling ظ

ع
عisolated‍عfinalع‍initial‍ع‍medial
a light catch, or silentIn عَکس
i

word-dependent glottal onset / no separate onset

ۀIn خانۀ من
i

final -e plus written ezafe. A variant of final ه with an ezafe sign; not a new basic alphabet letter.