How do I get started with Easy Persian lessons?

Start with Persian Lesson 1 – The Alphabet, Short Vowels, Letters B, P & T, then work through the numbered lessons in order. No registration or sign-up is required: you click a lesson and begin. This path suits complete beginners who want to read, write, and speak Persian (Farsi) as spoken in Iran, and who prefer a self-paced sequence rather than a placement test.

The starting sequence

Easy Persian presents its lessons as a numbered list. The first lessons cover the alphabet in stages:

The site states there are hundreds of free lessons, and that the material covers listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with English and Persian translations.

How to begin, step by step

1. Open the Easy Persian homepage.
2. If this is your first visit, read the getting started page before diving into Lesson 1.
3. Click Persian Lesson 1 and work through it.
4. Continue to Lesson 2, Lesson 3, and onward in numeric order — each lesson builds on the letters introduced in the previous one.
5. Use the View All link to see the full lesson list if you want to plan further ahead.

Expected result: after Lesson 1 you should be able to recognize the short vowels and the letters B, P, and T; by Lesson 7 you will have covered the full letter set introduced in this opening block.

Sections to use alongside the lessons

• Writing Lessons — recommended if your goal is to learn to write in Persian. It reuses the same letters you have just studied that week, so it pairs naturally with the current lesson.
• Useful Drills — practice reading and writing Farsi. The site notes you should at least be able to recognize the letters learned that week before using the drills.
• Persian Samples — a section dedicated to Persian poetry, presented in a bilingual format to support understanding.

Common sticking points

• Skipping Lesson 1. The later lessons assume you know the letters from the earlier ones, so starting mid-list makes the drills harder than they need to be.
• Doing drills too early. The site's own guidance is to use Useful Drills only once you can recognize the week's letters — treat recognition as the gate, not completion of the reading.
• Treating the poetry section as a beginner course. Persian Samples is bilingual support material, not a structured lesson, so it works better as supplementary reading than as a starting point.

The site does not mention any account, payment, or login requirement; the stated model is that you click a lesson and start learning.