Welcome to farsifarsifarsi.blogspot.com, a Persian/Farsi language course that focuses on colloquial aspects of the language through the utilization of song lyrics. Through this blog, a student of Persian with a low or intermediate level should be able to quickly become familiar with the major differences between spoken Persian dialects and literary Persian in terms of pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and sentence structure. This course will also highlight common expressions that are essential for expressing oneself naturally in Persian.
The idea for this course derives from my experience as author of arabicmusictranslation.com, the largest single source on the internet for original translation of song lyrics in Arabic, as well as the Egyptian Arabic Dialect Course (egyptianarabiccourse.blogspot.com) created in 2008. Through these activities, I have found that music is one of the easiest and enjoyable ways of accessing foreign languages and culture, because it provides the student with simple, natural sentences in an easily memorized form. These sites have served thousands of students of Arabic of various levels from around the world in and outside of the classroom. I hope that this course will serve a similar purpose.
Just as was the case (with Arabic) when I began arabicmusictranslation.com some years ago, I am not a native speaker of Persian nor am I fluent. This site will serve more than anything as an exercise for me and a way of improving and solidifying my own knowledge. That being said, I promise to publish accurate and precise information, and appreciate any comments, corrections or suggestions.
To use this course, one must have a basic mastery of the Persian alphabet, and should know more or less how to form basic sentences and conjugate verbs. I will not be able to devote time to the most fundamental parts of the language except insofar as they may differ in the colloquial form. However, aside from this basic knowledge the lessons will provide everything you need.
The idea for this course derives from my experience as author of arabicmusictranslation.com, the largest single source on the internet for original translation of song lyrics in Arabic, as well as the Egyptian Arabic Dialect Course (egyptianarabiccourse.blogspot.com) created in 2008. Through these activities, I have found that music is one of the easiest and enjoyable ways of accessing foreign languages and culture, because it provides the student with simple, natural sentences in an easily memorized form. These sites have served thousands of students of Arabic of various levels from around the world in and outside of the classroom. I hope that this course will serve a similar purpose.
Just as was the case (with Arabic) when I began arabicmusictranslation.com some years ago, I am not a native speaker of Persian nor am I fluent. This site will serve more than anything as an exercise for me and a way of improving and solidifying my own knowledge. That being said, I promise to publish accurate and precise information, and appreciate any comments, corrections or suggestions.
To use this course, one must have a basic mastery of the Persian alphabet, and should know more or less how to form basic sentences and conjugate verbs. I will not be able to devote time to the most fundamental parts of the language except insofar as they may differ in the colloquial form. However, aside from this basic knowledge the lessons will provide everything you need.
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