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  1. Dari Farsi Teacher
    March 11, 2014 @ 10:11 am

    Need a Farsi Teacher/ Dari Teacher? Do you want Online Dari or Farsi lessons? Send me an Email: to [email protected]

  2. Cloudy Cloud
    March 12, 2014 @ 12:07 pm

    Its fun learninig a new language. Farsi is a language of sufism. Will be back tomorrow for next lesson.

  3. Kamran Sarwar
    April 11, 2014 @ 11:48 pm

    Just want to learn 2 languages before I depart this earth. Farsi and French.
    Already an Urdu, Danish, English, German and Punjabi speaker.
    Kamran Sarwar, Denmark

    • Eva
      August 3, 2014 @ 4:10 am

      I am the same way. Farsi and French and playing the piano before I depart this physical plane. I am also learning to play the piano.

      • Mahdi
        July 1, 2015 @ 11:21 am

        ميخواى فارسى ياد بگيرى؟

    • Arash
      October 12, 2014 @ 9:47 am

      So that you have just learnt the first lesson, I should remind you that it is not “Farsi”, and the true translation of “Parsi” in English is “Persian”. Unfortunately, many people still don’t recognise this very important point. (Ref. Oxford English Dictionary)

      • Mehrdad
        January 30, 2015 @ 7:01 am

        Thank you Arash. Most Iranians do not understand this simple thing. Somehow Iranians think if a word is just spelled in English letters that’s English.

        In the English language as you said, there is a word for the language spoken by the people of Iran and a few other central Asian countries, and that is called “Persian”
        Writing or saying the word ” Farsi” while speaking English is technically incorrect.
        The same way you say : I speak Spanish. And not: I speak Espanyol.
        Unfortunately our countrymen have ignorantly spread the use of the word “Farsi” in English language.

        Other examples are; Bank Melli Iran. [ not National Bank of Iran, not even Melli Bank ]. I see branches of the bank around the world and it’s so embarrassing. So is ” Bank Saderat Iran”. ! Seriously!? And ” Team Melli”. It had been so commonly used that now the world thinks it is actually the name of our national team!

        Surprisingly, I have tried to explain this to Iranians, every time they look at me as if I have two heads.

      • Sawsan
        December 29, 2015 @ 5:14 pm

        I like to learn farsi

    • Emraan
      March 7, 2016 @ 5:39 am

      Can help you with french, dear. I’m from Lahore, Pakistan.

  4. rIZWAN mUMTAZ
    April 18, 2014 @ 4:19 am

    Salam; i want to learn farsi because its very great language and sweet too. I know how to speak english,urdu and little bit farsi.Come what may i am to learn persian.
    pay my regard to you.
    Rizwan kazim.Pakistan

    • Ali
      February 25, 2015 @ 9:04 pm

      With all due respect Arash (jan), both Farsi and Persian are correct and common in usage. I, myself, use ‘Farsi’ whenever it comes to introducing my language and it’s fine.

  5. Katie
    April 22, 2014 @ 9:18 pm

    Hi! I love this this site! I am leaning Farsi for Persian boyfriend. I am painting him a picture and I want to write “I Love you” in the middle. I know “dooset daram” is “love you”, but he says you really say “man dooset daram” for “I love you” Can anyone help me with the Persian letters for man dooset daram. I think all I am finding online is dooset daram. Thank you!!

    • farzam
      May 24, 2014 @ 4:21 am

      Hi Katie
      “dooset daram” is “I love you” . But if you want to say “I’m in love with you” you must say “aasheghetam”.
      we use “dooset darm” or “man dooset daram” for mother , father, our friends or teachers and …..for boy friend or girl friend.
      anyway …
      dooset daram : دوست دارم
      man dooset daram : من دوست دارم
      aasheghetam : عاشقتم
      If you have any question I’ll be happy to help you.

      • violinist
        October 20, 2014 @ 2:23 pm

        Hello,
        well I think ‘dooset daram’ is spoken language, so if you’d write in Persian script دوستت دارم (‘doostat daram’) it would be correct :) However, I’m a learner myself, but hope this helps :)

        • David
          November 5, 2014 @ 11:47 am

          Yes, it’s correct.

        • Laila
          February 7, 2016 @ 4:00 am

          How would you say “I will love you forever and always”? Or some variation of “forever and always”? I’d like to paint something for my boyfriend who speaks Farsi and I don’t want to get it wrong and ruin the painting! Thank you:)

      • Zeenat
        April 23, 2015 @ 7:54 pm

        Salam,
        I’m so anxious to learn farsi and I have learned to some extent also. I just keep getting confused in some basic rules. Can you tell me the usage of kone, kan, kardan and kardi. Like when to use what at the end of your sentence. Thankyou so much

        • H.Zare
          September 23, 2016 @ 3:52 pm

          There is anyone that would like to exchange language. I can to help everyone to learn Persion.
          [email protected]

      • Mr. A.
        July 22, 2015 @ 4:52 am

        Sorry to disagree with Farzam, and millions of others who, I believe, incorrectly say “Dooset Daram” or “Man Dooset Daram” means I Love You. It does not. The correct and technical translation for Dooset Daram is Like You or even I Like You (more correct would be Man Dooset Daram for I Like You) , and that is why it is commonly used to say to basically anyone you like.

        Either due to technical reasons of the language structure, or due to loss of words with with time, the phrase of “I Love You” does not exist in Parsi/Farsi/Persian, or has been lost. Persian has “I Am In Love With You” (Man Aasheghetam). I think, in a foggy part of my mind, I recall someone who studied the language and located a phrase of I Love You, which was nothing like Dooset Daram or Aasheghetam, and told me what it was. If thy foggy memory is correct, then sadly I forgot what that phrase was.

        I am not anything of a language expert, but I know that the Persian word of Doost means Like, and Dooset is a modified version of that word for when you are saying things like, I like You, or We Like You, or They Like You, etc. Aashegh means In Love. I do suspect it is most likely that that either the old cultures or concept viewed that one can be in love with something or someone and the concept of Love being a noun was maybe not something that existed. For now, unless more is found to indicate otherwise, when I consider how Dooset Daram and Aashegh are used in the language of Persian, then it suggests Persian’s could Be In Love with things and people, but not Love things or people, but Like things and people.

        • Mr. A.
          July 22, 2015 @ 5:28 am

          In other words, a Persian could Like something while being In Love with it, and he/she could Like someone while being In Love with him/her.

      • Morteza
        July 23, 2015 @ 2:54 pm

        Hi
        Love you = دوستت دارم
        Or = عاشق تو هستم
        I Love you = من دوستت دارم
        Or = من عاشق تو هستم
        I = من
        Love = دوست داشتن or عاشق شدن
        You = تو or شما

        • persian cat
          December 3, 2015 @ 1:49 pm

          and when you want SAY I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH YOU HAVE TO SAY
          MIDI BOKONIM

          • mehdi
            November 2, 2016 @ 5:00 pm

            چی چی یاد میدی یه چیز بگو که یه روز به یکی گفت نخابونه تو گوشش
            عجبا!!

      • Syeda Insiya
        February 2, 2016 @ 2:52 pm

        Hello,myself Syeda Insiya i am a beginner and i want to know what is the persian word for you,love,are

  6. hadded
    April 25, 2014 @ 6:02 am

    test

  7. Thomas
    April 25, 2014 @ 6:03 am

    I think that is a very good website for learning Persian: http://www.persianoa.com

    • unique
      May 5, 2014 @ 2:16 am

      thanks for this site , it is a great site

  8. Araaha
    May 1, 2014 @ 12:45 am

    Just want to learn farsi language but starting from scratch.l

    • unique2
      May 24, 2014 @ 4:27 am

      Try this: persianoa.com

  9. sara
    May 3, 2014 @ 11:14 pm

    my hasband is from afganistan i want to learn it i m pakistani but it seems difficult for me what should i do help me

  10. Charles G Nutter
    May 18, 2014 @ 1:16 am

    Well crafted

    • Mr. A.
      July 22, 2015 @ 5:07 am

      Sara, and others. If you can get your hands on an official elementary school’s alphabet teaching book for a child, then you most likely can learn fairly well. They would be just two thin books that have lots of pictures to help, and are made for children to learn. As I recall, first half of the alphabet is on one book and the second half of the alphabet is thought in the second book. If you get lucky, you may find an old one advertised at Shop Ads. The specific URL for Children’s Elementary Farsi Book is http://shopads.whw1.com/?q=childrens%20elementary%20Farsi%20book is what I came up with. You can try other word phrases to see what you can find through there. Know that you would need to wait something like 10 seconds for all the world’s ads to be searched before results show. The ad results for items for sale will show as a pink or orange background color. The non-ad results show below in white. The really old books, and non-religious based books would have brown covers; probably hard to find now, and will end up being even harder to find after this post of mine.

      • Mr. A.
        July 22, 2015 @ 5:58 am

        By the way, above, I refer to getting your hands on an elementary book used to teach kids in schools of Iran (the name was Persia until the name got recently changed in this century; fyi, someone, I respect for correct information, told me the country of Persia was called Iran prior to being called Persia, and then became Iran again in recent times). I know some get Persia and Persian Empire confused, which at one time covered from Spain, to Africa, to Europe, to Russia, to India, to east Asia, and all of West Asia (which is what places like Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, and many other countries are within). Ya folks, Iran, and all those other countries around it, in that region, are Asian; specifically West Asian. There is no such place as a “Middle East”, which is a derogatory slang phrase used as an insult. Iran is not East to any place, and not the in the middle, and is simply part of West Asia, as China is part of East Asia.

  11. Farsi Dari Teacher/Tutor
    May 18, 2014 @ 8:58 am

    Interested to learn Farsi/Dari quickly? Send me an email:[email protected]

  12. nadem
    May 19, 2014 @ 7:40 am

    i know a site that has just started to learn persian vocabulary and its address is:
    http://www.persianvocabulary.blogfa.com it is good for learning vocabulary.

  13. Nikole
    June 1, 2014 @ 7:17 am

    I wanted to thank you for this. My father was from Iran, and he constantly wished for me to learn and wished for me to learn. He tried and tried. I always resisted it, but now that he has passed away, I wished to make him happy. Thank you for this chance to learn.

    • salar
      May 8, 2015 @ 10:19 am

      Hey nikole if u need some help i can help u to learn Persian faster

  14. Nitin Chaurasia
    June 7, 2014 @ 6:13 am

    Thank you so much for organizing the website this well. It makes learning a fun!!

  15. Reza
    June 15, 2014 @ 11:27 pm

    Salam!

    I assume most of you are trying to learn enough farsi to speak with friends or family that you’ve been trying to communicate with for a long time but the ‘language barrier’ (the dreaded barrier) gets in the way. I understand how that feels. I used to feel like that with farsi when I was younger. However, after having lived in Iran for a couple years and visiting it on several occasions(In fact I just got back a week ago from a one month visit), as well as growing up speaking it with my family, I can now communicate with friends and family in Farsi fluently. If anyone wants to speak the language, and understand the Iranian culture so you can talk and connect with those you care about, it’s a lot easier then you think. Fortunately farsi is one of those languages where most of the meaning is expressed directly rather then subtly, such as English.I also believe it’s much easier to learn then English. Therefore it’s very simple picking up the language. And there’s not an endless amount of words to learn. One must understand that 80% of conversations use only 20% of the vocabulary. Therefore, you only need to learn 20% of the words to speak and understand 80% of conversation! The ’80/20′ rule holds true in almost every language. In fact, I don’t even know how to read and write in Farsi, yet I can still speak it fluently and communicate with those I care about. So if your interested in learning how to connect with us Iranians, whether it’s friends, family, coworkers or because you want to visit Iran one day and see it’s breathtaking scenery, amazing culture and extremely hospitable people, then I can help you learn farsi! Contact me at [email protected]. Best of luck!

    • Tony
      July 25, 2014 @ 1:04 am

      Kia ora. My name is Tony and I am from New Zealand in the South Pacific. I have a new Doctor starting at my work from Iran. I want to know how to say ‘welcome to our work place’ welcome to the Papakura Marae’ (name of workplace). Can you help me.

      • Jiyar
        August 1, 2014 @ 12:18 am

        Hi Tony,

        You can say “be Papakura Marae khosh Amadid”

        Cheers,

        Jiyar

      • Rain
        September 28, 2014 @ 1:09 am

        hello guys– man kami farsi baladam. Man saay mikonam farsi yad begiram. I hope this site will help. hehe

        • Nikki
          July 22, 2015 @ 2:06 pm

          Wow u speak persian well^_^good luck

        • mehdi
          November 2, 2016 @ 5:05 pm

          Affarin amooyi zood yad begir hamasho :-)

  16. Zuriat Fatima
    June 26, 2014 @ 12:52 pm

    Its much fun in learning persian, i have craze to learn and speak persian…… finally from now am trying to meet it …. :)

  17. Online Persian/Dari Teacher through Skype
    June 29, 2014 @ 9:24 am

    Check out my website if you would like to learn persian or farsi. http://dariteacher.page.tl/

  18. tina
    July 10, 2014 @ 9:57 pm

    I am iranian
    Every body who want to learn persian connevt whit me
    Kik : tina kheiri
    Instagram and face book : tina kheiri

    • Fawad
      August 8, 2014 @ 6:02 pm

      I want to learn persian I,m now In Iran,Tehran .I,m on visit here for three months .

      • ekene
        August 19, 2014 @ 9:37 pm

        I wanna learn Iranian

      • maria
        March 7, 2015 @ 5:19 pm

        My dear can you translate for me this words pleasec eshgham, sabr arezoo mikona, thank you i wish one day i will speak persian

    • zahraa
      February 14, 2015 @ 10:29 am

      hi tina
      I am interested to learn Persian if you can help me I would be grateful to you
      my email is at the top

  19. سعید \ Saeed
    August 6, 2014 @ 6:01 pm

    سلامممم
    Guys I´m a native Persian speaker have learned English and Learning Spanish.
    17 years old.Always +A In School’s persian.
    My mom teaches Persian in Iran.
    So if you have problems,or you wanna know a phrase in Persian.Formal or Informal just ask me.
    I myself will help you and if I couldn’t,I would ask my mom.
    Yahoo: [email protected]
    Gmail: [email protected]
    Facebook: Saeed Mahjoori

  20. Masih
    September 16, 2014 @ 9:30 am

    I’m a native Persian speaker and i can help you all
    my mail address: [email protected]
    Skype: hisamios1
    :)

  21. Ghulam Ali
    October 6, 2014 @ 6:25 pm

    I want to learn Farsi because I want to understand Allama Iqbal Farsi kalam. Is there any one can help me.

    • mehrtab
      January 31, 2016 @ 4:26 am

      Salam everyone.
      I’m mehrtab. And I try to learn English.
      my farsi is good.i want to find someone who can understand farsi and also English well.
      I’d appreciate if someone help me.
      just someone for free discussion

  22. rahman
    October 12, 2014 @ 1:54 pm

    Hi everybody. I am from IRAN and I interest to learn English . I can help you for learn Farsi and instead you help me for English or your language.

    • Harbir Singh
      June 24, 2016 @ 12:05 pm

      Ya I want to learn persian
      And will teach u punjabi

  23. Elif Yildirim
    October 13, 2014 @ 1:18 am

    Hi, that looks like a good place to learn Persian. I just started and I am hoping to learn at least basic Persian in a year. The hardest part seems to learn the alphabet now. I am planing to build a website targeting preschoolers in the coming months. I might ask several questions later. Thanks for creating this site! :-)

    • Nikki
      July 22, 2015 @ 2:02 pm

      I think u r turkish.well good luck!

    • zykko
      January 27, 2016 @ 10:57 am

      I am so interested in Iran’s culture,but my Farsi is bad.If you are interested in Mandarin,I can help you, I am Chinese.

  24. Elif Yildirim
    October 13, 2014 @ 10:58 pm

    Hi Reza,
    I wish I could see the letters of the alphabet while it plays the song. And I have to scroll up and try to see the letters each time I listen to the alphabet song. It is really nice to hear but seeing the letters while listening would be a great asset.
    Thanks.

  25. Darwin
    October 22, 2014 @ 10:02 am

    Hello guys specially to irani persian language please help me to know learning about persian language because i am here in kish island Iran now i work here for doh mah my contract works here doh sal please help me because my co-worker cannot speak english please help me guys Thanks God Blessed…

    • shadi
      February 10, 2015 @ 7:47 pm

      I would like to help others learn Farsi who could in turn help me practice English.I look forward to learning with you.

  26. soheil
    December 4, 2014 @ 2:54 pm

    Hi
    I’m a native Persian speaker, you can contact me if you need some help.
    this is my Email and Skype ID:
    E: [email protected]
    S: soheil.saha

    Best!

  27. Mamdooh Hulaibi
    January 12, 2015 @ 10:32 pm

    Thank you for providing this website. It’s very logical and helpful. I’m a native Arabic speaker and I’ve always wanted learn Farsi, but only now have made the time to do it.

    تشكر

    • shadi
      February 10, 2015 @ 7:45 pm

      I would like to help others learn Farsi who could in turn help me practice English.I look forward to learning with you.

  28. Muhammad Abid
    January 31, 2015 @ 8:59 pm

    This is very nice web site

  29. Julio
    February 27, 2015 @ 8:32 pm

    Great website! Hopefully I can learn at least basic Farsi in the next 6 months or so… Native language is Spanish and speaks English and French fluently. Anyone interested to practice let me know. Cheers!

  30. soli
    March 4, 2015 @ 8:38 pm

    Hello everyone here’s an iranian channel.You can watch it if you have a sattellite.Online watch is also available on :
    http://www.ifilmtv.ir/Farsi/

  31. Dale
    March 9, 2015 @ 2:39 pm

    Great site. Really want to get the basics down. My girlfriend’s first language is Persian, and I’m trying to learn (want to surprise her one day). Suggestion — more exercises would be useful, changing up the order of the sounds, then maybe some audio ‘help’ to check your work. Maybe some ‘stupid games for English speakers’ to add a bit of fun (can’t help but hear Sam from ‘The Lord of the Rings’ saying ‘POE-TAY-TOE’, or later with the long vowel sounds I keep hearing ‘bippity-boppity-boo’.)

  32. babak
    April 14, 2015 @ 2:52 am

    i want download mp3 please my helping..thanks..babak

  33. mehrnaz
    May 29, 2015 @ 2:30 pm

    آآآآآآآآآآی چه حالی میده این همه ایرانیا جون میدن تا زبون انگلیسی رو یاد بگیرن حالا شماها هم جون بدین تا فارسی یادبگیرین افتخارررررررر میکنم ک ایرانیم

  34. محمد فلاح\mohammad fallah
    June 22, 2015 @ 2:04 pm

    Dont worry about persian alphabets my friends. You dont need to memorize all of them. I am from iran and i use these,but cant say i am memorized them. I only know the pornounce of tem. Actually the alphabets help us to recognize and memorize a word! In the end i leav here a sentense with its meaning here.
    زبان فارسی بسیار ساده و شیرین است.
    Zaban farsi besyar sadeh va shirin ast.
    The farsi language is very simple and sweet.
    I am naive in english so forgivme about that!

  35. mojdeh
    July 3, 2015 @ 8:56 pm

    hello sir, if you can help me , call me

  36. Emily
    July 4, 2015 @ 8:53 am

    Hi.
    Thank you, your site is perfect for those who want to learn Persian.

  37. Ayoob
    July 7, 2015 @ 6:41 pm

    Hi guys, I am Iranian and I am from Andimeshk. As you know Persian is a fantastic sweat language but you should try hard to learn it specially for your accent .
    I wish best four you : بهترین ها را برای شما آرزومندم : behtarin-hara baraye shoma arezou-mandam.
    TRY HARD………………….

  38. mahshid
    July 7, 2015 @ 9:41 pm

    I should say i am so interest someone from the other culture and country wants to learn Persian,because we try to learn English and now American wants to learn Persian.But i should say it is not very easy because we have different base form of verbs and we have some mistakes too so be happy and try.when you learn Persian as well you should learn Fingilish too.it is also Persian but with English alphabet so do not worry,wish you luck

  39. CH
    September 6, 2015 @ 9:33 pm

    Thank you so much for creating this website and offering the lessons for free!
    I really appreciate it.

  40. muhammad
    September 12, 2015 @ 8:41 pm

    سلام و درود بر تمام ایرانیان و فارسی زبان های دنیا.
    peace be upon all Iranians and speakers of Persian.

  41. negar
    October 2, 2015 @ 7:25 am

    persians must proud of people who are learning persian
    hope all to learn well
    love u all
    doseton daram
    دوستون دارم

    • mehrtab
      January 31, 2016 @ 4:31 am

      عزیزم ما هم دوستت داریم.شاد باشی گلم

  42. Javad
    October 16, 2015 @ 4:56 am

    Hello, I am trying to make a website to show some Iran’s interesting tourist attractions. So I need help, because my English is not so Perfect. Any Idea is also appreciated. This is the website here: http://irantrip.adns.ir/

  43. afsaneh d
    November 19, 2015 @ 4:48 am

    i have just discovered your wonderful website! What a useful tool it has already been, and I have just begun teaching my nephew. Thank you so much, I look forward to the next lesson :)

  44. afsaneh d
    November 19, 2015 @ 4:49 am

    i have just discovered your wonderful website! What a useful tool it has already been, and I have just begun teaching my nephew. Thank you so much, I look forward to the next lesson!

  45. Sofija
    November 22, 2015 @ 7:29 pm

    I must say that am so happy that i can learn Farsi/Persian i fall in love in this language and culture and i’ll never stop.In my country nobody knows a lot about this culture and language so i hope i will learn enough to show how amazing is.

  46. Hadis
    November 24, 2015 @ 5:08 pm

    hey guys, I would be happy to help you in speaking Farsi and having a language exchange! I wanna talk to a native English speaker. Also I have a suggestion for you if y really love Farsi you should visit our country!!! hope to see you dearsss here.. [email protected]

  47. Japhet
    December 11, 2015 @ 6:22 pm

    Salaam! I am a new student at TUMS, Iran and I want to have a Persian friend who is gonna be mutual. Mamnoon. I must say this is a good start for Persian beginners.

  48. Japhet
    December 11, 2015 @ 6:28 pm

    Teach me Persian [email protected]…Mamnoon

  49. Armaan
    January 24, 2016 @ 4:45 pm

    salam.. Very good site thanks a lot .. i have many of things from this site .. but there is one confusion that in b (farsi) example i write nasab so in the word nasaB b is pronounce ba or only b plz tell me plz

  50. dawit
    January 29, 2016 @ 11:26 pm

    i like to learn persian.so interesting