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Will I learn the Persian alphabet by the end of August 2025?
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YES

I tried it a couple times before; didn't work.

  • Update 2025-07-02 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): For this market to resolve to YES, the creator must learn both the letters of the alphabet and the vowel markers.

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كونكراتس :)

OK; I got the isolated letters down pat, will spend much of the rest of the day learning from here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APWfEjUaAuo

@EnopoletusHarding I'm now able to write all the isolated letters without looking them up.

@EnopoletusHarding I think I'll have to study for at least two more hours to read everything.

@EnopoletusHarding You got this!

@EnopoletusHarding Another successful attempt at writing the letters without looking them up:
Edit: only the f was written wrongly

@EnopoletusHarding I'm now finally beginning to understand full sentences.

@EnopoletusHarding Final version for today:

@EnopoletusHarding I plan to study for two more hours; let's see what happens.

@EnopoletusHarding I think I can recognize most words at this point. Still need to study for two hours just to make sure it happens.

@EnopoletusHarding 10 minutes in.

@EnopoletusHarding I think I can understand almost everything (the lam/alef being the biggest difficulty). 1 hour 48 minutes to go!

@EnopoletusHarding One hour and I think I'll be done :-/ Let's hope this works.

@EnopoletusHarding Done with one hour of studying (by length of the video; it was longer in the time I took it).

Here is how I write the letters

@EnopoletusHarding I forgot the dot on the za 😢

@EnopoletusHarding Here's another try:

OK I am studying the alphabet with intensity now.

دونت مايند مي ، جوست هجين ، غود لك

I'm terms of progress towards completion where would you put yourself ?

@MikeIz9ZE Around 91%.

I'd say I'm pretty close to 70% in knowledge of the letters; I still need to learn the vowel markers.

@EnopoletusHarding Now close to 80%.

@EnopoletusHarding any updates?

@EnopoletusHarding Not really. I'd have to study it quite a bit more in order for the market to resolve Yes.

@EnopoletusHarding why do you say "quite a bit more"? aren't there a lot fewer vowels?

@LeonLinuxlu The letters in isolation are pretty easy to know; the letters in combination are a bit more difficult.

@EnopoletusHarding Have you put more work into this?

@LeonLinuxlu I will put in more work over next week.

@EnopoletusHarding How determined are you to finish learning the alphabet by Sunday?

@LeonLinuxlu I think determined enough.