Easy Persian resources

[LundiHákarlsson]

I have been looking for over a year for easier Persian resources. I have Teach Yourself Persian (with White cover), Beginner's Persian, Assimil's Le Persan, plus have watched a view YouTube video series for learning Persian.

All of them seem to go fast for me. I am not sure if it is the alphabet or just the syntax. It seems like I can go through the first two or three chapters, albeit with great effort and reduced speed. However, thereafter things become difficult, and I often just end up stopping since I keep having to look back at the previous chapters, then end up going so slow that I go nowhere.

Are there any textbooks or academic learning materials that go at a slower pace instead of what seems like an accelerated classroom course?

[Doitsujin]

Have a look at the free Persian textbooks from the University of Texas.
Welcome to Persian of Iran Today

[白田龍]

I remember having had this difficulty when starting Persian, I worked it around by working with more courses and progress studying one chapter from each, having thus lot more examples and a lot more repetition. I used using Assimil, Routledge, Teach Yourself and others in parallel.

[Cavesa]

How's your Czech? (I know you list it under "beginner" on your profile, but I don't know how up to date it is) There is a rather new coursebook Současná hovorová perština i pro samouky, by Silvia Suto. It focuses on the colloquial and daily language and looks like it should be very learner friendly.

[mcthulhu]

How about www.easypersian.com? Lots of small, easily digestible lessons.

[David1917]

John Mace - Teach Yourself Persian remains the best overall introduction. It's the older TYS book. It does not have audio, which is its only drawback, but its systematic approach to the alphabet and each grammar point with a minimal vocabulary make understanding the basic precepts of the language almost easy. I've surveyed dozens of introductory courses and none measure up in my opinion. I think Assimil is a great course to go through once you know how to read - just make sure to scratch out the transcription since your eyes will probably still gravitate towards it.

[jeff_lindqvist]

John Mace - Teach Yourself Persian remains the best overall introduction.

I have a copy of TY Modern Persian by John Mace - is this the same one? ((First printed 1962 | Corrected edition 1971 | Seventh impression 1977)

[David1917]

John Mace - Teach Yourself Persian remains the best overall introduction.

I have a copy of TY Modern Persian by John Mace - is this the same one? ((First printed 1962 | Corrected edition 1971 | Seventh impression 1977)

That's the one. It's in any of the pre-white TYS variants. I have the one you pictured, the blue/yellow hardback, and the black larger sized paperback. How/why I ended up with the 3 I have no idea, but I can't say I'm mad about it.

[ASEAN]

https://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/EM/
https://parstoday.com/fr/radio/programs ... rogramme_1

[Gordafarin2]

Have you given the Pimsleur course a look? That's how I got started with Persian, albeit a long time ago. It's hard to tell from your post what in particular you are having trouble with - but at the very least, it's audio-only so you don't have to worry about reading. And I find the Pimsleur approach really works for me personally - starting from full phrases to boost your confidence. Plus lots of repetition to ingrain good pronunciation from the start.

There's also the Chai and Conversation podcast which covers colloquial spoken Persian (so it might be a sound different to what you've learned so far).

Seconding EasyPersian, and I also really like PersianDee as a grammar-focused free resource.