Persian to English
English to Persian
Easy
1. Sar-e Mashq, Calligraphy / handwriting practice. Practice by imitating the model.
2. Grammar. I ask her to go. Please review how to ask, not a question, but rather, someone to do something at easypersian.com Lesson 37.
3. Grammar: tā (Coming soon!)
4. Listening Comprehension. A song by Dervishjo using the Pluck Method. Go to the exercise. (Courtesy: Dervishjo Masti and Rye Whiskey)
5. Reading Comprehension. Gap-Fill Exercise. Same as #4 above only plain text. Go to Part: 1 2 3
6. Scansion. Scanning for both Persian and Arabic is all about finding the one kind of short syllable and the two kinds of long syllables. Short Syllable = Consonant + Short Vowel (CVshort). Long Syllable = Consonant + Short Vowel + Consonant (CVshortC) OR Consonant + Long Vowel (CVlong). See if you can Drag & Drop Syllables, Parts 1 2 3 4 5
7. Scansion. In order to make a long syllable short or vice-versa, that is, for the sake of the meter, the poet resorts to certain kinds of poetic license. See if you can identify them in this easy Quiz on Poetic License, Parts 1 2
8. Scansion. Another test to determine 1 short and 2 long syllables, including some situations particular to Persian and not found in Arabic. You will need to ignore word boundaries and spelling conventions and concern yourself only with the syllable as uttered. Drag & Drop Syllables, Parts 6 7 8 9 10
Medium
9. See how well you know each of the 19 lines of this poem: Mixed-up
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10. Classical to Modern Conversion. Flashcards with Audio: Restate Each Line of the poem in Modern Spoken Style and then Convert Back to Original Classical
11. Grammar. Indirect Dative Constructions. (Coming soon!)
13. The original Masti song of the version in above in Easy #4 .
14. The original Masti song of the version in above in Easy #5.
15. Scansion. The first three "feet" of each line of this poem consist of this metrical pattern of syllables: long short long long (LSLL). Practice LSLL Flashcards.
16. Scansion. The last foot in each line of any
Persian poem
may be scanned according to different schools of thought. We will scan it here
according to that school which believes in the "overlong" or "extralong"
syllable. This consists of this metrical pattern of syllables: long short (over)long (LSL).
Practice LSL Flashcards.
Hard
17. Dictation: Listen to this
banter about getting ticketed for
speeding
and write down what you hear. Answer key.
(Courtesy: IRIB 1, 22-2-88, Sobh-e `Āli Bekhayr)
18. Grammar: tā (coming soon!)
19. Scansion. Scan the lines of this poem according to meter. Flashcard Scansion Exercise.
20. Scansion. Review some subrules of scanning. Drag & Drop Quiz on Scansion Subrules. Part 1 2 3