سلام
Lessons 1–7 live now · speaking & listening · no alphabet required

Speak real Farsi.
The kind Iranians actually speak.

Colloquial Tehrani Persian for English speakers — taught through a story, trained with speak-along drills, and wrapped in the culture that makes the language make sense. Taarof included.

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5–8 min video + 10–15 min drill + quick-review PDF per lesson. About 40 minutes, three times a week.

The method

Every lesson is a trio

The video teaches your brain. The drill track trains your mouth. The PDF locks it in. Skip none of them — that's the whole system.

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5–8 min

Animated video

A story scene with Sam and the cast, broken down line by line. One concept per lesson, never a slide read-aloud.

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10–15 min

Speak-along drills

Prompt → pause → you speak → native answer. Works with your eyes closed — commutes count as study time.

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5–6 pages

Quick-review PDF

The phrase map, the dialogue, one grammar highlight, a culture note, and short exercises with answers.

The story

Learn alongside Sam — from "salâm" to Tehran

A hundred lessons is a long road, so this course is also a story. Sam's Farsi grows exactly one lesson ahead of yours — and at Lesson 70, he lands in Iran.

S
The learner

Sam سم

American, 28, brave enough to order coffee in Farsi by Lesson 3.

L
The coach

Leila لیلا

Iranian-American, sharp and warm, translator of all things taarof.

A
The wildcard

Amir امیر

Great slang, terrible advice, excellent kabob connections.

P
The boss

Mâmân Pari مامان‌پری

On video call from Tehran, feeding everyone through the screen.

Why no alphabet?

Because spoken Farsi is a different language than the textbooks teach

Speak from minute one

Written Farsi says mikhâham beravam; Tehran says mikhâm beram. Script-first courses teach you to sound like a newspaper. We teach the street version first — on purpose.

Culture is curriculum

Taarof — the Persian art of ritual politeness — runs through five dedicated lessons and dozens of dialogues. You'll know a real "yes" from a polite one.

Reading later, if you want

A free 8-lesson bonus module teaches the alphabet once you can already speak — signs and menus in a weekend, built on words your ears already know.

Ready?

Your first conversation is eight minutes away

Lesson 1 is free, forever. No signup, no alphabet, no excuses.

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