Who Am I? - Family and Personal Characteristics
Start reading Persian and talking about your family. Learn the key words in script and sound, and see how the right-to-left script works.
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Reading Persian 📖
Persian is written in a flowing script, read from **right to left** (the opposite of English), and it has **no capital letters**. The letters **join up** into cursive words. In this module every word is shown three ways: the **script**, the **sound** (transliteration in brackets), and the **English**, so you learn to recognise it and say it.
Saying who you are 🙋
Two words to introduce yourself: - **من (man)** = I - **اسم (esm)** = name So اسم من (esm-e man) means "my name".
The family 👨👩👧
The core family and friends words: - **پدر (pedar)** = father, **مادر (madar)** = mother - **برادر (baradar)** = brother, **خواهر (khahar)** = sister - **خانواده (khanevadeh)** = family, **دوست (dust)** = friend
Match each Persian word to its meaning
- من (man)
- اسم (esm)
- خانواده (khanevadeh)
- پدر (pedar)
- دوست (dust)
- I
- name
- family
- father
- friend
Spot the word
Which word means "father"?
- پدر (pedar)
- مادر (madar)
- برادر (baradar)
- دوست (dust)
Match each family word to its meaning
- مادر (madar)
- برادر (baradar)
- خواهر (khahar)
- mother
- brother
- sister
Spot the word
Which word means "sister"?
- خواهر (khahar)
- برادر (baradar)
- مادر (madar)
- خانواده (khanevadeh)
How the writing works 🔤
Persian uses the **Perso-Arabic script**, read from **right to left**, and the letters **join up** into cursive words. There are **no capital letters**. Persian adds four letters of its own for sounds Arabic does not have: **پ گ چ ژ** (p, g, ch, zh).
True of Persian?
Which statement about Persian writing is correct?
- It is written right to left and the letters join up
- It is written left to right
- It uses capital letters like English
- Each symbol stands for a whole word
Family members
Select ALL THREE words that are family members.
- پدر (pedar)
- مادر (madar)
- برادر (baradar)
- دوست (dust)
- من (man)
- اسم (esm)
Introduce yourself
An interactive activity.
One more word
Which word means "friend"?
- دوست (dust)
- خانواده (khanevadeh)
- پدر (pedar)
- من (man)
The right word
Using the transliteration, complete: "father" is _____, "mother" is _____, "brother" is _____, and "friend" is _____.
Persian summary
Persian is written from _____ to left, and it has _____ capital letters. The word for family is _____, and the word for "I" is _____.