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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 808 Views
FYI I'm pretty sure you have an extra alif in there... *NM* Tim - 29/12/2011 02:22:20 PM 304 Views
Re: FYI I'm pretty sure you have an extra alif in there... Larry - 29/12/2011 03:09:02 PM 657 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 260 Views
Strange... Larry - 29/12/2011 04:37:13 PM 747 Views
کتاب Tom - 29/12/2011 04:41:26 PM 600 Views
Re: کتاب Larry - 29/12/2011 04:42:51 PM 724 Views
"I" doesn't look like that in a medial position, Larry. Tom - 29/12/2011 04:47:04 PM 667 Views
I meant the typewriter "i" Larry - 29/12/2011 04:53:46 PM 642 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 656 Views
Frankly, the rest of it looks garbled, too *NM* Tom - 29/12/2011 04:44:16 PM 268 Views
Yeah, you're not supposed to type the i, hence that hamza that you get. Legolas - 29/12/2011 07:07:14 PM 747 Views
Might be for the best at this time Larry - 29/12/2011 07:24:31 PM 628 Views
I don't think it'll be that bad. Legolas - 29/12/2011 07:38:41 PM 634 Views
Oh, nasta'liq is in my near future Larry - 29/12/2011 07:50:56 PM 586 Views
Ewww. Legolas - 29/12/2011 08:48:21 PM 797 Views
Yes, I have to do it at some point Larry - 29/12/2011 08:57:18 PM 646 Views
Let me put it this way... Legolas - 29/12/2011 09:27:36 PM 591 Views
I don't think "put off" is the word for it Larry - 29/12/2011 09:40:37 PM 903 Views
Okay. Legolas - 29/12/2011 10:03:11 PM 716 Views
Prejudices are fine...when they lead me to poets I like Larry - 29/12/2011 10:23:28 PM 841 Views
Persian doesn't have as many sounds as Arabic. Tom - 30/12/2011 12:27:01 AM 626 Views
A small mercy so far Larry - 30/12/2011 12:59:18 AM 763 Views
Wouldn't that just make it harder to spell right? Legolas - 30/12/2011 07:51:06 PM 680 Views
Yes. Tom - 30/12/2011 11:34:34 PM 634 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 729 Views
Re: نسسپ:/ کئتٱاب dacole - 30/12/2011 06:38:03 PM 666 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 373 Views
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