Anita J.

I'm interested in knowing how far back the word can be traced. I know it can be traced at least to Middle Persian - Some articles I've found say it can go back to "būrak" or "bōrag." I don't know... more

Hi everyone, I'm learning Farsi quite slowly but there's this certain poem: http://iranian.com/Poem/Rumi/374.gif That I'd like to have rewritten into latin letters, so that I might better learn... more

Over the past couple of months I've learned quite a bit of Farsi, but conversationally I haven't learned anything. Obviously I know the best way would be to speak it or have it be spoken around me... more

Literally every verb on all verb conjugation websites have the same rule: in past tense, just add personal endings to root, and in present, add "mi-" and then some different personal endings. But I... more

1. What does it mean when there is an 'he' ه after a word? For example قشنگه vs قشنگ. 2. Is there a difference between 'ki' and 'keh' or 'chi' and 'che'? 3. How would I express 'I want to' or... more

Any farsi speakers here who could advise on commonly used 'fillers' (ie like/um in English)?

My boyfriend is Persian and am learning a little Farsi but would love to be able say to him “I love you more than pie.” Could anyone help me please?

Trying to confirm it means something a long the lines of "tired."

Hello all, I am learning Farsi from Thackston's book and I am in lesson three and I still don't write get them. At first, I thought it was the difference between adding a definite or indefinite... more

For my homework I often have to list persian words which are related to each other (often sharing the same Arabic root letters), for example شهید، مشاهده، شاهد, etc. However, as I don’t know Arabic... more