In this class we want to learn Persian language,Persian is one of the oldest languages of the world that still survive.
In this Lesson we want to learn Persian in Fingilish Form At first and if everything goes well we can try to write in Persian Script too.
Fingilish
Fingilish is the persianlanguage written in latin Script instead of arabic.
Fingilish is mostly using in E-mails,Text messages,etc. but using fingilish is reallly unaccepted and impolite to use in formal writtings.
Okay nomore talking Lets get started.
Table of Contents
1.Alphabet
2.Pronouns
3.Plural and Singular
4.Feminine and Masculine
5.Numbers
6.Year,Months,Week and days
7.A simple Dialogue
Alphabet
Persian Alphabet is including 32 Letters:
Name - Sound - Persian Form - Fingilish Form
Aleph - /a/./ɒ/- آ - a,aa
Be - /b/ - ﺏ - b
Pe - /p/ - پ - p
Te - /t/ - ﺕ - t
Se - /s/ - ﺙ - s
Je - /dʒ/ - ﺝ - j
Che - /tʃ/ - ﭺ -ch
He - /h/ - ﺡ - h
Khe - /x/ - ﺥ - kh,x
Dal - /d/ - ﺩ - d
Zal - /z/ - ﺫ -z
Re - /r/ - ﺭ -r
Ze - /z/ - ﺯ - z
Zhe - /ʒ/ - ژ - zh,jh,j
Sin - /s/ - ﺱ - s
Shin - /ʃ/ - ش - sh
Sad - /s/ - ﺹ - s
Zad - /z/ - ﺽ - z
Ta - /t/ - ﻁ - t
Za - /z/ - ﻅ - z
Ein - /Has no voice/ - ﻉ - (according to the vowel will be written Various)
Ghin - /q/ - ﻍ q,gh
Fe - /f/ - ﻑ - f
Ghaf - /q/ - ﻕ - q,gh
Kaf - /k/ - ک -k
Gaf - /g/ - گ - g
Laam - /l/ - ﻝ - l
Mim - /m/ - ﻡ -m
Noon - /n/ - ﻥ -n
Vav - /v/./o/./u/ - و - v,o,oo,u
He - /h/ - ﻩ - h
Ye - /j/./i/ - ﻯ - y
Note:
*As u see in the Alphabet,In Persian we have 4 different letters that have /z/ Voice,And 3 /s/,2 /t/,2 /q/ and at last 2 /h/.These letters' secondary forms are pronounced different in Arabic but in Persian we pronounce them all the same.( Ask an Arab to find out their pronunciation)
How to Write in Persian?
Persian is cursive language and every Letter will hang to the letter before it(as you know Persian is a Right to left language so the letter before is the letter on the right side) and the vowels in these words cat ,bed,bore are never been written.
So this is the each letter's different position in a word:
Note: The Vowels like bee,dude and father will be like this:
Pronounciation - Persian form - Example
/aa/- آب/باد-آ/ا
/u/- دود -و
/i/ - ایران/سیر - ی/ای
translation of the word you've saw above:
Word-Pronouciation-Translation
آب-Aab-Water
باد-Baad-Wind
دود-Dood-Smoke
ایران-Iran-Iran
سیر-Seer-Garlic
Exceptions
There are seven letters in the Persian alphabet that do not connect to other letters like the rest of the letters in the alphabet. These seven letters do not have initial or medial forms but the solo and the final forms are used instead because they do not allow for a connection to be made on the left hand side to the other letters in the word. For example, when the letter ا "alef" is at the beginning of a word such as اینجا "injā" (here), the initial form of "alef" is used. Or in the case of امروز "emruz" (today) the letter ﺮ re uses the final form and the letter و vāv uses the initial form although they are in the middle of the word.
