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A short reading return

Return to earlier signs and read familiar words without a cue.

About this unit

No new letters: read familiar words and keep the shape families apart.

کk, as in “kite”
گg, as in “go”

گ has a second stroke on top.

جj, as in “jam”
چch, as in “chair”
خkhā

One dot below, three below, one above.

زz, as in “zoo”
ژzh, like s in “measure”

Words to read

Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.

flower

گُل

flowergol

گِل

mudgel
tea

چای

teachāy
jacket

ژاکِت

jacketzhāket
Reading tips

No new signs. Read before playing the sound, then retrieve the spelling.

Reading practice

Shapes in the middle

Match each letter to its shape in the middle of a word.

Letters inside words

Match each letter to the marked shape in the word.

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.

گُل

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

ژاکِت

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

flower

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

tea

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

jacket

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

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Return to earlier signs and read familiar words without a cue.

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flower

گُل

flower

گِل

mud
tea

چای

tea
jacket

ژاکِت

jacket
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.