Shekar: Learn Farsi/Persian

Learn to read and write Persian (the Farsi of Iran), starting from the very first letter.

Shekar teaches Persian the way good textbooks do: a little at a time, in five-minute lessons, with exercises that make you look and listen closely.

• The whole alphabet: all 32 letters, alef with its hat (آ), and the vowel marks
• Every letter in every shape: on its own, and at the start, middle and end of a word • Exercises that train the look-alike letters (ب پ ت ث) and the letters that sound the same
• First phrases and grammar: hello, how are you, thank you, and "I am, you are", with the everyday spoken form beside the standard one
• Reviews that bring back what you've learned just before you'd forget it, in about four minutes
• An optional reminder, at most once a day, only when something is due for review
• Hear every letter and word in a female or male voice, slowed down for beginners (synthetic voices by Microsoft Azure; some words recorded by a native speaker)
• Persian in a clear modern font, or the textbook style if you prefer • Take the lessons in any order: the app suggests what comes next, and a lesson continues where you left it
• Content based on official and academic sources: the Unicode Standard, the official Persian orthography, published grammars and dictionaries • Every lesson checked by a native Persian speaker
• The standard, written Persian of Iran

The first two lessons are included. Shekar Premium unlocks every lesson, and new lessons as they're added.

Shekar Premium is A$9.99 a month or A$69.99 a year in Australia; Google Play shows the price for your country before you subscribe.
It renews automatically until you cancel; cancel any time in Google Play › Payments & subscriptions.