Lesson 3: Consonants with the base form ب

Lesson 3: Consonants with the base form 

  This is the big letter ‘B’ in Persian. In the meantime, you don’t need to learn how to write it. We are just trying to pronounce it with the help of those three short vowels above.

 This is /bæ/ as in battery.

 This one is /be/ as in bed.

 This one is /bo/ as in border.

Try to repeat it for a couple of times.

 

 This one is the small letter ‘b’ in Persian. Now try to pronounce this letter in the same way. Don’t forget to read from right to left. You will say. 

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 This one is the big letter ‘P’ in Persian. Try to pronounce it with the short vowels.

 as /pæ/ in pad.

 as /pe/in pet.

 as /po/in pork.

 

  This one is the small letter ‘p’ in Persian. Try to pronounce it. Don’t forget to read from right to left. You will say:  

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  This one is big letter ‘T’ in Persian. Try to pronounce it with the short vowels.

 as /tæ/ in tab.

 as /te/ in tennis.

 as /to/ in torn.

 

  This is the small letter ‘t’. Don’t forget to read from right to left. Try to pronounce it. 

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Now we try to pronounce them with the long vowels too.

1-  this is pronounced as /ba:/ in barter. 

2-  this is pronounced as /bi:/ in beat. 

3-  this one is pronounced as /bu:/ in boot. 

Try to pronounce  with the help of these three long vowels. You will say: . 

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Now, we pronounce the letter  with the help of six main vowels. Don’t forget to read from right to left.

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From now on, we should pronounce each letter with these six sounds.

 This is ‘p’ in Persian. Try to pronounce it with the six vowels. You will say: . 

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 this is ’T’ in Persian. Try to pronounce it with the six vowels. You will say: .

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 –  this is called /se/ as in set. When combined, it may be pronounced as:. 

 

With this we come to the end of lesson three. I hope you have enjoyed it.