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Unit 32 · Come back tomorrow · Meet

Come back tomorrow

Read another message after a day.

About this unit

An optional return after a day or two, with a new message and new prices.

  • Try it without the alphabet first.
  • Start Persian A1 whenever you are ready; this check stays open.

Words to read

Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.

tea

چای

teachāy

کلید

keykelīd

تهران

TehranTehrān
Reading tips

Return after a day and read before opening the sound. This optional unit uses a changed message and changed prices.

Reading practice

Read with support

Match the words to their pictures.

Read without a sound cue

Match the words to their pictures.

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

تهران

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Read and decide

Whose key is mentioned?

کلید پروین در خانه است.

Read and decide

Which drink costs least on this changed menu?

چای ۳۰٬۰۰۰ · قهوه ۶۵٬۰۰۰ · آب ۳۵٬۰۰۰

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

tea

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

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tea

چای

tea

کلید

key

تهران

Tehran
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.