Great lectures to learn Farsi for Urdu speakers

[53fd]

I found these series of lectures very helpful for trying to learn Farsi:

While reading Farsi was never a problem for Urdu speakers (both are written in the Nastaliq script), the sentence structure & the accent differences made it incomprehensible for Urdu speakers, even though Urdu shares a lot of vocabulary with Farsi. I've noticed that if an Urdu speaker understands the basic rules of Farsi, it isn't that hard to speak basic Farsi.

I've already picked up a little Farsi just watching these videos:

Bilal dar kitaabkhaana ast

Kitaab bar meez ast

PDF bad ast

Urdu asaan ast, Farsi neest

 

[TARIQ BN ZIYAAD]

Assalam alaikum

bilal bhai gr8, i was also looking to learn farsi i hope it could help me a bit or encourage me to learn it

TARIQ

 

[53fd]

Assalam alaikum

bilal bhai gr8, i was also looking to learn farsi i hope it could help me a bit or encourage me to learn it

TARIQ

There are 22 lectures I believe, & I have only listened to/watched 3 of them. And I can form a few basic sentences of Farsi. I believe any Pakistani that watches & tries to follow all these lectures can do a pretty good job at basic Farsi.

 

[Don Jaguar]

Bilal dar kitaabkhaana ast

Kitaab bar meez ast

PDF bad ast

Urdu asaan ast, Farsi neest

Is ka matlab kia ast?

 

[53fd]

Is ka matlab kia ast?

ast - he
bood - tha
dar - mein ("in", not me)
bar - par ("on", not wings)
meez - mez (table)
shud - ho gaya

Memorize ast, bood, dar, bar, shud; & play around with these words, & make a few sentences:

Bilal dar kitaabkhaana ast - (Bilal kitaabkhane/library mein he)

Kitaab bar meez ast - (Kitaab/book mez par he)

PDF bad (from "badi", buri/burai) ast - (PDF is bad)

Urdu asaan ast, Farsi neest - (Urdu is easy, Farsi isn't)

 

[Don Jaguar]

PDF bad (from "badi", buri/burai) ast (PDF is bad)

Nope sir PDF خوب است.

 

[53fd]

Nope sir PDF خوب است.

Haha, that's true. I'm really excited, if 3 lectures of Farsi can teach us this much, just imagine what 22-23 lectures can. This is a must watch for every Urdu speaker who wants to learn Farsi. I recommend everyone to watch it, & I hope you are as well.

 

[53fd]

I also believe I am speaking Farsi here (in my few sentences here), not Dari or Tajiki, correct? I would appreciate if an Afghan or Iranian member could explain if these sentences would remain the same in Dari or Tajiki, or would they be completely different?

 

[mohsinkid]

we love farsi as visible from our national anthem ..amazing farsi peotry involved...

 

[somebozo]

good work..but one of the fastest technique i have also learned is to go in yahoo chat and talk to Iranian girls

 

[53fd]

good work..but one of the fastest technique i have also learned is to go in yahoo chat and talk to Iranian girls

You know Farsi/Dari as well?