Hello! I am researching my ancestor and have a photo of this memorial stone. The inscription appears to be a summary of his life. Can someone help me translate and/or transcribe the text?

I'd be really grateful!

Hey everyone!

Like many of you (I assume), I’ve spent years hoping Duolingo would finally add Farsi to their language offerings. Since that still hasn’t happened, I decided to take matters into my own hands and start creating an app specifically for learning Farsi.

But I want to make sure this app truly serves our community. So, before I launch, I’d love your input:

• ⁠What features do you think are essential for an effective Farsi-learning experience? • ⁠Are there particular learning methods, exercises, or content you’d want included? • ⁠Any frustrations with other language apps you hope I can avoid?

Let’s make this the Farsi language app we’ve all been waiting for!

Looking forward to your thoughts and suggestions!

Edit: Wow, i didnt expect so many of you to give me input! I really appreaciate it. I will get to answering and discussing with every single one of you as soon as I’m off of work.

I’ll continue on the development and keep you guys in the loop and and get your inputs once it’s available for testing!

Edit 2: If you haven’t seen it yet: I made another post, with a link to where you can sign up for the waiting list!

The new reddit post can be found here!

I’m a native Persian speaker, and over the years I’ve noticed the same pattern with learners:

they can read, recognize words, and even understand grammar — but still struggle to speak naturally.

Most Persian resources lean heavily toward formal or written language, which isn’t how people actually talk.

So I built an iOS app focused on conversational Persian, using short, Duolingo-style lessons but grounded in how the language is really spoken day to day.

It’s still early and in beta, and I’m hoping to get feedback from learners:

• Does this feel closer to real spoken Persian?

• What’s confusing or unnatural?

• What’s missing that would help with speaking confidence?

The beta is free and open via TestFlight here:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/Qmrc7Kby

Happy to answer questions about design choices, dialect decisions, or how I structured the lessons.

UPDATE:

Hey everyone — quick update since a few of you gave really thoughtful feedback on the early version of FarsiLingo.

I spent the last stretch tightening the UX and learning flow based directly on what you shared. Here’s what’s changed:

What’s new / fixed:

Clearer instructions in every lesson.

Each screen now tells you exactly what to do (listen, speak, choose, match), so you’re not guessing.

Vocab always comes first.

You see new words with audio + meaning before you’re asked to practice them.

Formal vs. informal is starting to be labeled.

Some lessons already mark informal vs.

formal, and the placement check calls it out — but it’s not everywhere yet.

More context, but not everywhere on the lesson screen.

The lesson content uses real‑life situations, though that context isn’t always front‑and‑center on the screen.

Placement check for experienced learners.

If you already know some Farsi, there’s a short listening‑only quiz that unlocks later units.

No account needed to try it.

You can jump in and do the early lessons without signing up (sign‑in is only needed to save progress or go further).

Stories are less jumpy. They don’t auto‑skip to questions; you control the pace and can replay lines.

Mobile layout is more stable.

Fewer cut‑off buttons, better safe‑area spacing, and fewer weird scroll issues.

What do you think. And yes, I did fall.

I’m posting this a little early- so other folks can research and celebrate… or find celebrations to go to before the holidays pass.

I originally learnt Urdu and then Arabic, so there is a mix of script styles going on here, particularly with ہ. Any feedback is appreciated:)

Hey everyone!

Thanks to your amazing feedback and enthusiasm from my previous post, I'm excited to announce that the development of the Farsi language learning app (now named Zaboon) is officially underway!

I'm currently working hard to incorporate the features you've requested most—such as pronunciation guides, script training, customizable flashcards, and more!

If you'd like to be among the first to try the app and receive early updates, join the waitlist here:

→ Join Zaboon's Waitlist ←

I'm incredibly grateful for your support and can't wait to bring Zaboon to life with your help!

Feel free to keep sharing your ideas, questions, and feedback. Let's make Zaboon the best Farsi learning experience possible!

Thanks again!

Edit: Wow! You guys are amazing!! I love the enthusiasm 🤩 I’ll keep the ones who signed up for the waitlist posted on when the app will be available for testing.

Salam, I built this website for myself and wanted to share it in case someone else finds it useful. Qisse helps you learn Farsi through comprehensible input. You can read Farsi stories, see translation of words, and listen to how they're pronounced.

I personally find consuming content in a new language one of the most effective ways to acquire vocabulary and develop comprehension. Hence the reason for making this.

I've also added a collection of Farsi movies, TV shows, and music with links to stream them freely.

Will add more content if there's interest. Any feedback and content suggestions are welcome.

Link: https://qisse.app

Hi everyone,

I’m learning Farsi myself and recently built a small, completely free tool called Learn Farsi (no signup, no payment). I’m sharing it here because I’d genuinely love feedback from people who care about the language.

After meeting my Persian partner in 2021, I realised most popular apps (like Duolingo) don’t support Persian, and many existing resources felt fragmented or outdated for beginners.

So I built a simple web app focused on:

• learning Farsi words step by step

• quickly looking up words and meanings

• keeping everything free and lightweight

It’s still in beta, and I’d love honest feedback from native speakers and learners at any level.

Is this something you’d use?

What’s missing in current Farsi tools?

Any UI feedback or bugs?

No need to log-in / share information, you can use it right away, completely free. You can try it here:

👉 learnfarsi.app

My goal is to build this with the community, not just for it. Any feedback I will directly review and implement.

Thanks🙏

Edit 03/07/2026: Thanks so much everyone for the kind words and support. Over 40+ people have already applied in the last 24 hours!☺️ can’t believe it! Very grateful for all the support, I am going to keep building the application and improve with all the valuable feedback I am receiving. It’s awesome to be able to build this with the community! If you are a teacher / native speaker I am happy to collaborate and help validate the content and implement features to help your students help retain Farsi words in between lessons / for homework.

Hey everyone — quick update from a builder in the community 👋

A few weeks ago I shared FarsiLingo here while it was still in TestFlight and a bunch of you tried it, gave feedback, and pointed out things to improve. I took all of that seriously and kept building.

It’s now officially live on the App Store.

For anyone new: I’m a Persian speaker + software engineer and built this because good, modern tools for learning Farsi are surprisingly limited. Most resources feel outdated or overly academic, so I wanted something that feels more like a clean, interactive daily app, but actually designed for Persian.

What’s inside right now:

- Beginner-friendly conversational Persian

- Vocabulary + sentence building

- Listening & pronunciation practice

- Designed for both non-Persian learners and heritage speakers

- Simple, modern UI for daily use

This is still very much an evolving product, I’m actively shipping updates and expanding lessons. If you catch awkward phrasing, dialect issues, pronunciation feedback, or UX problems, I genuinely want to hear it. A lot of improvements so far have come directly from Reddit users.

App Store link:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/farsilingo/id6757781826

Web app:

https://farsilingo.space

If you try it, tell me what feels useful vs useless.

I’m building this for real learners, not just to exist on the App Store.

I can’t wait to begin. I found these on Barnes and noble

So like the title says I started learning Farsi in secret for my girlfriend so I could surprise her. Lost contact with her during the internet blackout, and after she finally managed to connect to the internet she decided that breakup would be the best for us.

So that leaves me in an awkward position. Should I continue learning the language, or should I quit? As much as I love this language, I won't even have anyone to talk in Farsi with so idk what to do.

Be as harsh as you want! Mainly looking for advice on grammar, sentence structure, etc.

Salam! !سلام

Today I completed a speak/read/write/poetry course through Chai and Conversation. For anyone wanting to learn as a beginner I totally recommend this program! :)

Hi folks!

During lockdown I've been working on an Anki deck of the 5000 Most Used Words of Persian with Audio from native speakers.

You can download it (for free!) here.

In case you're wondering about my methodology for doing this... I first bought a frequency dictionary of Persian from Routledge. I then transcribed each word and it's English definition into an Anki deck. I then went word by word adding audio from Forvo.com (a pronunciation website). I then added short vowels (I have a background in Arabic so I love those things) based on the audio. Wherever the audio did not exist I noted "(no audio)" on the cards. Wherever the audio was close but not quite right I noted "(near audio)" on the cards.

Hope this is helpful in your studies! All the best,

Slim

Hello friends, I have been learning farsi for around 3 months now and yesterday i decided to just write a diary like text sample about whatever came to my mind, limiting myself to not looking up how words are written. I am happy with my progress so far, but would love some to hear some thoughts from you guys. Anything I really need to work on? Personally i feel like I don't 100% understand when to use/not use subjunctive verbs, and some sentence structures are really tricky for me because I try to force verbs to the end of a sentence when I'm not always sure if they should be there or not. I do apologise for my rude language towards the end of the text lmao I have tried to cencor it