Posted by Laura Major on February 25, 2010 at 2:38pm
This week we did not learn any new greetings yet practiced the old ones we had been going over in the previous weeks. We also reviewed our food vocabulary. In addition, we learn new vocabulary words of animals. We learned the second half of the alphabet and did a little practice in combining letters to form words. We used some of the animal vocabulary words to practice writing Farsi. For practice until next week we are to write out all the animal words in Farsi even if they aren't correct just so that we can practice combining the Farsi letters and grasp an understanding of the pronunciation. I have noticed that Farsi is a little difficult when hearing a word and trying to figure out how to write it out. This is because many of the Farsi letters have a vowel sound included and I am not sure if I am supposed to include a Farsi vowel with the consonant that already has a vowel sound attached. I have practiced writing out most of the animal words in Farsi. We will meet next week to see our progress and then possibly learn colors in Farsi. Read more…
Posted by Laura Major on February 17, 2010 at 2:00pm
This week we reviewed the greetings we learned last week and have added more conversational greetings to our list. Last week the greetings were mostly introductory greetings of "hello" and "how are you". This week we are learning to ask where someone is from or what their last name is. On top of more greetings, we are learning food items in a grocery store. Also, we are learning the first half of the Farsi alphabet disregarding the multiple forms and focusing mainly on the initial letter of a word. For example, the letter "shin" appears different in its initial form, medial form, and as the ending letter. We are learning the initial form for right now. Later we will learn the second half of the alphabet and how to connect the letters. I feel that right now it is mostly important to learn vocabulary and slowly learn the Farsi alphabet as it will help me to learn and practice on my own in the future. Read more…
Posted by Laura Major on February 4, 2010 at 12:57am
So far I have been trying to learn the Farsi alphabet. It's really difficult and annoying because I really don't know what the letters sound like so I've been searching websites after websites looking for pronunciation guides. I have practiced writing all the letters out on paper and have created flashcards with a basic pronunciation of the letter and how it is used to connect to other letters in a word. I've read a little bit on the phonetics yet still don't have a stable understanding. I will continue to learn the letters until I can recognize them distinctly in one word with them all attached together. I will also learn Farsi pronunciation so I can then learn vocabulary.
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