Farsi (Persian) for Beginners: Mastering Conversational Farsi (Free MP3 Audio Disc included)

Great book! Very helpful! Helps to learn the alphabet and also the cd helps to learn the pronounciation.

I bought this for someone who wanted to learn Persian on her first visit to Iran. She found the book an easy read and entertaining - not boring at all which is a good thing. As she was reading the book I noticed that A FEW - but not all - of the translations were not exactly accurate. The author had translated certain phrases in a way that I personally disagree with. For example, the phrase "ghorboonet beram" was translated as "I adore you". However, it was not explained in the book the CONTEXT and circumstances this phrase must be used. And I do not see why this phrase is even useful when going to Iran. I hardly EVER use this phrase - and neither do most of my family. More USEFUL phrases please, author! But overall - a good book and better than the others I have seen on Amazon. So yes I do recommend it to others.

Love it 💕 I have bought several Farsi books and this is really great for what I need and I’m sure many other people will find this exceptional value for money. 😊

No really for a beginner. Found it difficult to follow.

Quick delivery. A nice book. I use it as part of my Persian language course material. Pretty practical.

Easy to follow. My girlfriend couldn't believe how fast I was learning. Best thing to buy before a visit in Iran.

The book has 7 chapters that are based on situation-based conversations that are quite useful. All conversations and work in the book include both perso-Arabic text and Latin transliteration. This is very useful. Negative aspects are the light treatment of grammar (no description anywhere of the direct object marker rā, even though it's used everywhere in the book), small omissions and errors throughout and numerous omissions from the dictionaries at the end of the book of words used in the lessons. I enjoy using the book, but I look forward to a second edition that will hopefully be expanded considerably.

Haven't had chance to read it yet, but the book arrived exactly as described! :-)

Ich habe das Buch vor allem für die Grammatik, das Vokabular und das Wiederholen der Schrift verwendet. Die Schrift selbst, habe ich aus einem anderen Buch davor gelernt, daher kann ich nicht beurteilen ob das in diesem Buch gut gemacht ist oder nicht. Die Kapitel sind gut strukturiert, mit einem Dialog inkl. Audio-CD und Grammatik und auch immer ein bisschen Kultur udgl. am Ende. Die Tests am Ende der Kapitel habe ich auch sehr hilfreich gefunden. Es ist gut dass zwischen formeller und informeller Sprache unterschieden wird! Zusammenfassend kann ich das Buch nur jedem empfehlen der Farsi lernen möchte!

Best book to begin with, CD is the most important part, keep the audio clips on your phone or any MP3 player it will help you to study easily. Fine binding, paper quality, printing quality. suggest to every person who wanna travel to IRAN

I recommend this book for anyone who is interested in knowing the basics of Farsi. You can learn how to conjugate verbs, listen to dialogues to catch the accent, you have illustrations, exercises and many other helpful things. And it's not a heavy book, you can actually carry it with you at work or uni. Highly recommended!

Nice handbook for Farsi beginners. It focuses on daily conversation.

Unfortunately, Persian has suffered from a lack of good resources to actually learn the language. I have used various Persian resources over the years and have not found a great book for Persian yet. This book from tuttle however is a solid introduction First off the book teaches both the formal and the informal language. So you will learn both versions of the language. The book teaches the Farsi script and the sounds but has the transliterated roman script throughout the book. However there is script practice thoughout the book. It teaches you how to have conversations with people and sprinkled throughout the book there are some proverbs and some Persian poetry. There is tons of audio with this book which I love! Tons of audio practice. The book doesn't seem to be overly grammatically heavy. It has a lot of little fun short dialogues. In consists of an American traveling to Iran with his Iranian wife and their little daughter Sara. The chapters end with a variety of exercises in both listening and reading. I have not completely finished the book yet but I can say so far it is fantastic and I believe it will get through the higher level Persian resources. I absolutely love tuttle's resources and I am hoping they will make more books for lesser studied languages like Persian. This book is fantastic and if you are just starting out in Persian, this book will be very beneficial to you. For a beginner I think it is one of the best on the market currently. To get full use of the book make sure you incorporate your learning by listening to Persian podcasts, tv and radio! And make sure to try and practice with Persian speakers!