Persian Level 1 & 2 Set (Farsi)
Navigate your surroundings. This set includes Level 1 and 2 software. Interactive activities, sounds and images take you from the basics to more accomplished conversational skills.
Inside the box, you'll find:
- Version 3 Personal Edition CD-ROM software for Levels 1 & 2 (Windows/Mac)
- Headset microphone
- User’s guide
Level 1 Examples
Level 2 Examples
What You'll Learn
This set will help you:
- Learn the basics.
- Build intermediate-level conversational skills.
- Spell and write accurately.
- Speak without a script.
- Retain what you’ve learned.
- Read and understand your new language.
Sample topics include:
- Age, family relations, household items
- Questions, greetings, introductions
- Times of day, calendar terms, the weather
- Directions, locations, telling time
- Present, past and future tense
- Apologies and polite requests
- How to order at a restaurant and give and receive directions
- Emotions, opinions, and ideas
About Persian (Farsi)
Persian, or Farsi, is the official language of Iran. It is spoken by more than 70 million people, including a sizable minority population located in the United States and Canada.
Persian (Farsi) Learning Tips
- Persian is written and read from right to left; with the exception of numbers, which are written from left to right.
- In Persian, certain vowels are not usually written. Rosetta Stone will help you learn how to determine the word from the context of the sentence.
- Speakers of Persian will often omit the subject of the sentence.
- Placement of stress within a word is important to convey a word’s meaning. Rosetta Stone helps you acquire proper pronunciation through exposure to native speech, useful practice, and corrective feedback.
- Most Persian letters change shape depending on whether they occur at the beginning, middle, or end of a word.
- There is no upper or lower case in Persian.
- In Persian, there are formal and informal ways to address others, depending on the age of the speaker and his or her relationship to the person being addressed.
- Numbers in Persian are written with modified Hindi numerals.
- Persian does not categorize words into masculine and feminine. It also does not have separate words for ‘he’ and ‘she.’
- Persian verbs have many forms of past tense, including a form for an action recently completed and a form for one that has been completed for a long time.
Requirements for Rosetta Stone User Workstations
- Windows (32-bit editions only) 2000, XP or Vista, Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5
- 512 MB RAM
- 1 GHz or faster processor speed
- 600 MB free hard-drive space (per level)
- 16-bit sound card
- 800 x 600 display resolution (1024 x 768 recommended)
- Internet or phone connection required for product activation
- Speech recognition feature requires a headset microphone (USB recommended)
- 16X CD-ROM Drive (for installation)
Additional Requirements for Online Products
- High-speed internet connection
- Browsers: Internet Explorer 6sp1, Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0, Safari 2 and Safari 3
- Flash 9 plug-in installed on browser
Note for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ users:
Current Rosetta Stone® products have been engineered to install and run on the Windows Vista operating system. Some 3rd party components used in Rosetta Stone products have not been certified by Microsoft as ‘Vista Compliant’. Accordingly, you may encounter some Vista-related operating issues. Rosetta Stone technical support may or may not be able to resolve these Vista-related issues. Rosetta Stone hereby disclaims any representations, warranties, guaranties and conditions with respect to the compatibility of the Rosetta Stone products with the Windows Vista operating systems.