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Persian Writing – Useful Drills 4

As you know, practice makes perfect! Every week, along with each lesson, you are given some words to practice. I know that, as a beginner, you will find it difficult to read the entire words by yourself. Therefore, you are not asked to either read or write these words at this stage. Please do not try to pronounce these words on your own or you will remain in an insolvable confusion for good. All you have to do is identify the letters you have already studied. So, first go to the This week and study the new lesson carefully. Then click on the Useful drills button to get connected to this page. On this page you will find some words that seem quite stranger to you at the first glance. Nevertheless, you must at least be able to recognize the letters you have just studied on This week. And this is all I want you to do.

NOTE: as you see in the following words, there are no symbols (signs) on or under the letters. We, as beginners, use these symbols during our lessons to learn the correct pronunciation of the words. Later, after you got enough familiarity with the words and the way they are pronounced you would find it redundant to use these symbols with letters, except for some ambiguous words that are not used very often. I have eliminated these symbols on purpose to let you see the real Persian words that take no symbols with them.

Notes: 1- it is recommended that you visit Let’s Write page first before doing these exercises. It will certainly help you a lot with detecting the letters.

2- please pronounce the letters that we have already studied. For those letters that we haven’t studied yet, just find what you are asked but don’t pronounce them.

3- As you see, persian letters have ‘dots’ with them. Some letters may have up to three ‘dots’ while some others have no ‘dots’.

Questions:

In the following words, how many. do you detect?

1. Small letter ?

2. with /a:/ sound?

3. with /a:/ sound?

4. with /u:/ sound?

5. with /i:/ sound?

6. with /i:/ sound?

with /u:/ sound?

8. ?

9. with /a:/ sound?

10. with /i:/ sound?

Note: in addition to these questions, you may find other letters that we have already studied. To keep yourself updated, you’d better find those letters as well. For example, you may find or or and so on.

Please try to answer the questions first. Then, if you want to be sure, find the correct answers at the bottom of the following words.

The answers:

1. 5
2. 1
3. 2
4. 1
5. 1
6. 1
7. 1
8. 4
9. 1
10. 1

Pictorial answers:

1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10

Lesson 4

19 Comments

  1. Nadege Drayton
    May 18, 2012 @ 9:57 pm

    I’m trying to find the answer for #2 of let’s write of lesson 4. I just can’t find even when I look at the responses. Thank you for your help. Nadege

  2. Nadege Drayton
    May 18, 2012 @ 10:00 pm

    I’m trying to find the answer for #2 of let’s write of lesson 4. I just can’t find it even when I look at the responses. Thank you for your help. Nadege.
    Sorry, I had to send my message a second time, I accidentally made an error in my email in the 1st message.

  3. marie
    May 18, 2012 @ 10:27 pm

    first line, first 2 letters

    • Nadege Drayton
      May 19, 2012 @ 1:33 am

      Thank you Marie for your help. Nadege

  4. Nadege Drayton
    May 18, 2012 @ 10:30 pm

    #10 of useful drill # 4 looks it is with /u:/ sound not /i:/ sound like the quiz suggests. Could you clarify?. Thank you

  5. marie
    May 18, 2012 @ 11:02 pm

    ok at the last line, the last two words (on the left) are زیر (means under) and زور (means power). The first one has an /i:/ and the second one has an /u:/. We only are asked for /i:/. Also number 9 does not show at the sample with the answers but it shows at the first sample.

    • Hassan H
      May 22, 2012 @ 10:26 am

      Thanks Marie. I REALLY appreciate your help.

      Best,
      Hassan

  6. Rennison Davis
    December 15, 2012 @ 2:34 pm

    could not understand Lesson 4 ( Useful drill 4 ) Rennison Davis

  7. Michelle
    August 13, 2013 @ 12:26 am

    Can you clarify why in #5 د has /i/ sound and also in #10 why ز has /i/ sound as well? On both cases it seems to me the letters are alone.

  8. Claire
    September 3, 2013 @ 7:19 pm

    Hello! Please can you explain the answer to number 5 for me? I couldn’t see the /i:/ even when I checked with the correct answer. thank you!

    • Claire
      September 3, 2013 @ 7:21 pm

      Sorry, I just found it! Claire

  9. Mitch Williams
    January 6, 2014 @ 7:05 pm

    I think the study group is a great idea!!!

  10. M.sh
    January 8, 2014 @ 7:15 pm

    I love it…..amazing

    How I can to listen?

  11. Brianna
    June 9, 2014 @ 4:49 pm

    I cannot see the /i:/ indication for #5, help!

    • Brianna
      June 9, 2014 @ 5:00 pm

      Or the /i:/ for #10. Apologies!

      • SemiOne
        October 9, 2014 @ 5:12 pm

        The /i:/ sound has two forms. I can come from either the big letter “Y” ( ﻯ ) or the small letter “y” ( ﻳ ).

        I couldn’t find #5 and #10 either and had to go back to Lesson 2 to finally figure it out. Seems we forgot about the small letter “y” ( ﻳ ).

  12. Emily
    March 22, 2015 @ 5:24 am

    #5 and #10 are quite tricky because I am used to the big letter of Y. Here they are the small letter of Y

  13. Cheryl
    October 20, 2015 @ 3:57 pm

    I almost forget small letter Y… OMG..

  14. Elshan
    January 6, 2016 @ 2:25 pm

    Greetings, I really enjoy these classes. Thank you Hasan for an amazing resource like this one for us to learn your beautiful language.
    I’ve got confused with #2 (Khe+a:). Your answer indicates that there is 1 such occasion in the text and as I look that colored text I see it is NOT (Khe+a:), but (ze+a:). Or if I am mistaken.

    Please advise and thank a million again.

    Regards