PLEASE HELP AN IRANIAN GIRL KEEP HER HERITAGE !!

[maryam9]

Im teaching myself how to read and write Farsi properly.

Im quite advanced for someone who has never been to Iran or to any Iranian school - I can read and write pretty well.
I know the alphabet but this is my only problem - sometimes I don’t use the letters at the correct time.
e.g. if I have only heard the word “daagh” (and not seen its spelling) I would write it with "ghaaf" instead of "ghayn"


What I have done so far to improve my reading and writing skills:

• Have got those iranian books (the "Baba aab daad" series).
• Have bought a Farsi phrase book and use it to memorise words
• Send letters to family in iran, dubai
• Buy Iranian newspapers from magazines and read articles (so that i get used to the words) even though it takes me half an hour
• (Slowly) read RedWine’s articles on Tapesh.com

What else can I do? Im desperate and will do anything …

PLEASE HELP AN IRANIAN GIRL KEEP HER HERITAGE !!

please post ANY suggestions, however stupid they may be... i dont care

Are there any good websites?


Please no suggestions asking me to go to my parents - my mum isnt interested and only ever says "vaay, vala velom bokon" when i ask her and i dont live with my dad... Im proud to be Persian & my culture is important to me - im doing this for my future children


Please help me

[indian_blues]

visit the below site it may helpful.

https://www.easypersian.com

best of luck.

[IQ]

https://www.farsidic.com

[zubin]

I don't know how much of this is relevant to you, but these are the steps I went through personally to go from total fop (fresh off the plane), to now doing my own English-Farsi translation for Irani story writers. You have an advantage of starting fresh... you can use words in a way that those who have been talking Farsi all their lives can't and you might impress yourself.

a small thing is to write farsi with english letters... like how some people on forums do... even better is watching Irani movies and tv shows (e.g. baghe mozafar). if you love your heritage, become friends with Iranis that just came from Iran... there will be some cultural misunderstandings (as there is always) but ignore that and go through with it. you'll need someone to watch the shows with too and many people like them so that shouldn't be too bad...

ignore when people laugh or say your farsi isn't good... if you think about Iranian metaphors a lot you'll be using them more than people straight from Iran and they'll be shocked to hear them from you and reverse their judgment. Inevitably your farsi will be a little different at first, but that does not mean its of a lesser quality... it will be just different.

last do little Irani things like drinking chai a lot or sitting on the ground to eat... it increases your motivation to learn...

[maryam9]

joubin: I did use to do a bit of translation. At some gatherings I would translate/summarise what was said from English into Farsi, esp. if i would see an old iranian man who was sitting there pretending to be interested during a long presentation



Everyone: thanks for the links & suggestions - keep them coming

(This will be useful for me and a lot of other people in my position)

[maryam9]

IQ: - I LOVE YOU !

this is *EXACTLY* what ive been looking for so many years

thankyou SO much
seriously, you dont know how much youve helped me
(digge menate hich kaso nakesham)

THANKYOUUUUUUUUU!

[donsaeid]

IQ khoshal sho ke barat zan peyda kardim dige dorane tanhait be sar omad

[IQ]

IQ khoshal sho ke barat zan peyda kardim dige dorane tanhait be sar omad

But sorry guys i am taken I will not cheat on hediyeh tehrani

[IQ]

IQ: - I LOVE YOU !

this is *EXACTLY* what ive been looking for so many years

thankyou SO much
seriously, you dont know how much youve helped me
(digge menate hich kaso nakesham)

THANKYOUUUUUUUUU!

Glad it was helpful

[donsaeid]

hediye dishab omade bod ye hediye bede dare khoneye ma ke shabam mond hala nemidonam chera bepash neshasti ba mahnaz omade bod

[IQ]

man alan gheirati misham haa hamala .....

[reza-george]

Thank you for this thread. I’ve meant to learn for years. My father was the Persian parent and the only Farsi fluent in the family. He died when I was four. I was raised by my Anglo mother who’s only fluent in English. I never stayed in touch with my Persian relatives as I should have. I don’t even know what I did with a mailing address I had to begin searching for them. I still thank you for this thread.

[abadani69]

Loool Maryam, is your Mom Abadani that she talks like that ?If so, pas dame 2tatoon garm Albate midoonam ke shirazi ha az vaghty ke abadaniha raftan shiraz they are trying to be Abadani looool

Please no suggestions asking me to go to my parents - my mum isnt interested and only ever says "vaay, vala velom bokon" when i ask her and i dont live with my dad... Im proud to be Persian & my culture is important to me - im doing this for my future children

[~Nadia~]

Wow Maryam jan, thank you so so much for this thread.

I was really waiting for someone to open a thread about this subject and I was lazy enough to do that myself. lool because I am eager to learn how to read and write farsi too. (just like you)

Anyway Thanks again for opening such a great thread. I hope everybody here help us keep our heritage!

[mike435]

best way is listening to persian music