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Yes, I have to do it at some point Larry Send a noteboard - 29/12/2011 08:57:18 PM
The poetry will be in nasta'liq, so I might as well learn it sooner rather than later. I'm thinking I might actually buy the Rosetta Stone software for Persian, just so I can speed things up a bit (usually I don't have the patience for such software).

Never used Rosetta Stone, though I'm amused at how your "speeding things up" requires "patience that you usually don't have". :P


Well, I learn quicker if I can hear the language as well as see/read it, so that's something. Problem is having to go through the repetitions designed for slower-learning people. It does make sense...I think ;)

I've always thought nasta'liq looked extremely tiresome to read, but I suppose with some effort it has to be doable... still, rather you than me. ;)


Indeed.

For the sake of practicing the alphabet, you could also try reading lots of loanwords or words that you already know, like e.g. <a href="http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C">this</a> (and how's that for an URL?).


True. It's certainly not as easy as Cyrillic, which took me maybe 10 minutes to memorize, at least in the Serbian modified form?
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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نسسپ:/ کئتٱاب Larry - 29/12/2011 02:53:56 AM 878 Views
FYI I'm pretty sure you have an extra alif in there... *NM* Tim - 29/12/2011 02:22:20 PM 342 Views
Re: FYI I'm pretty sure you have an extra alif in there... Larry - 29/12/2011 03:09:02 PM 714 Views
Was that supposed to be kitab? You wrote n, not i, for the second consonant. *NM* Tom - 29/12/2011 04:32:39 PM 288 Views
Strange... Larry - 29/12/2011 04:37:13 PM 806 Views
کتاب Tom - 29/12/2011 04:41:26 PM 660 Views
Re: کتاب Larry - 29/12/2011 04:42:51 PM 785 Views
"I" doesn't look like that in a medial position, Larry. Tom - 29/12/2011 04:47:04 PM 726 Views
I meant the typewriter "i" Larry - 29/12/2011 04:53:46 PM 713 Views
As a side note, I'm greatly amused with myself for typing "typewriter" in late 2011. Larry - 29/12/2011 05:01:39 PM 712 Views
Frankly, the rest of it looks garbled, too *NM* Tom - 29/12/2011 04:44:16 PM 294 Views
Yeah, you're not supposed to type the i, hence that hamza that you get. Legolas - 29/12/2011 07:07:14 PM 810 Views
Might be for the best at this time Larry - 29/12/2011 07:24:31 PM 681 Views
I don't think it'll be that bad. Legolas - 29/12/2011 07:38:41 PM 691 Views
Oh, nasta'liq is in my near future Larry - 29/12/2011 07:50:56 PM 640 Views
Ewww. Legolas - 29/12/2011 08:48:21 PM 856 Views
Yes, I have to do it at some point Larry - 29/12/2011 08:57:18 PM 695 Views
Let me put it this way... Legolas - 29/12/2011 09:27:36 PM 647 Views
I don't think "put off" is the word for it Larry - 29/12/2011 09:40:37 PM 969 Views
Okay. Legolas - 29/12/2011 10:03:11 PM 778 Views
Prejudices are fine...when they lead me to poets I like Larry - 29/12/2011 10:23:28 PM 902 Views
Persian doesn't have as many sounds as Arabic. Tom - 30/12/2011 12:27:01 AM 677 Views
A small mercy so far Larry - 30/12/2011 12:59:18 AM 812 Views
Wouldn't that just make it harder to spell right? Legolas - 30/12/2011 07:51:06 PM 735 Views
Yes. Tom - 30/12/2011 11:34:34 PM 696 Views
It's like é è à á î ï í ì ö ô ó ò ø, etc. to me Larry - 31/12/2011 12:31:21 AM 791 Views
Re: نسسپ:/ کئتٱاب dacole - 30/12/2011 06:38:03 PM 721 Views
I have a talent with languages and it challenges my mind, which I need. Simple as that. *NM* Larry - 31/12/2011 12:32:32 AM 398 Views
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