Farsi barely distinguishes present from future, uses inshallah as a temporal marker, and has two different words for time. How Persian changes the way learners think about time itself.

AI has transformed language learning overnight. But for Farsi, it’s a mixed bag — ChatGPT speaks like a 1985 news anchor, pronunciation feedback fails on critical Persian sounds. Here’s what actually works and what doesn’t.

The most common farsi mistakes tourists make in Iran — from accidentally calling someone a donkey to creating a ta’arof catastrophe at dinner. Each mistake explained with the Iranian reaction and the fix.

Half my students are dating an Iranian. The other half married one and wish they’d started learning Farsi sooner. If