unwritten vowels
Read familiar words as the training vowel marks fade.
About this unit
Normal Persian print leaves out the short vowels. Here the training marks disappear from words you know.
- Long ā, ee and oo stay written: ا, ی, و.
- Recognise the word first, then open the marked hint to check.
- One spelling can have two readings: گل is gol, flower, or gel, mud.
Read the examples
Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.
Words to read
کتاب
bookketābسبد
basketsabad
خانه
housekhāne
در
doordarگل
flowergolReading tips
Normal Persian print leaves out short vowels. Start with a known word and its context; open the marked hint only after trying. An unmarked skeleton can have several readings: گل can be gol, flower, or gel, mud. A word without context cannot always be decoded uniquely.
Hints: کِتاب، سَبَد، خانِه، دَر، گُل. Here گل is the flower word. Do not treat the same unmarked spelling as two rival listening answers.
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.
Sound to spelling
Listen. Choose the spelling.
Spelling to sound
Read the word. Choose its sound.
Read and decide
Can this isolated unmarked spelling always tell you the short vowel?
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.
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.
Build the word
Recall this word’s learned spelling.
Finish practice to save this unit.
You can read and write this
Read familiar words as the training vowel marks fade.
کتاب
bookسبد
basketخانه
houseدر
doorگل
flowerUse a Persian keyboard
Persian standard keyboard: Persian ی/ک, ordinary logical letters, and ZWNJ (half-space). Numbers keep their normal internal order.
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