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Persian (Farsi) Learning Tips

• Persian is written and read from right to left; apart from numbers, which are written in the opposite direction.
• In Persian, particular vowels are generally not written. Rosetta Stone will teach you how to establish the word from the context of the sentence.
• Persian speakers will frequently leave the subject out of the sentence.
• It is vital to place the correct stress within a word in order to convey its proper meaning. Rosetta Stone will guide you towards accurate pronunciation through exposure to native speech, effective exercises, and constructive feedback.
• The majority of Persian letters will alter in shape depending on their position (beginning, middle or end) within a word.
• No distinction exists between upper and lower case in Persian.
• In Persian, there are both formal and informal methods of addressing others, depending on the age of the speaker and his or her relationship to the addressee.
• Numbers in Persian are derived from modified Hindi numerals.
• The Persian language does not categorise words by gender. It also does not have individual words for ‘he’ and ‘she.’
• Persian verbs have many forms of past tense, including forms for a recently completed action and a form for one that was completed long ago.