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Basic Persian: A Grammar and Workbook [Paperback / softback]

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(University of Chicago, USA),
  • Format: Paperback / softback, 304 pages, height x width: 234x156 mm, weight: 499 g, 67 Tables, black and white
  • Series: Grammar Workbooks
  • Pub. Date: 10-Oct-2012
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415616522
  • ISBN-13: 9780415616522
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  • Format: Paperback / softback, 304 pages, height x width: 234x156 mm, weight: 499 g, 67 Tables, black and white
  • Series: Grammar Workbooks
  • Pub. Date: 10-Oct-2012
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415616522
  • ISBN-13: 9780415616522
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Basic Persian: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume.



This book presents twenty grammar units, covering the core material which students would expect to encounter in their first year of learning Persian. Grammar points are followed by multiple examples and exercises which allow students to reinforce and consolidate their learning.



Key features include:















Clear, accessible format Many useful language examples Jargon-free explanations of grammar Abundant exercises with full answer key A glossary of Persian-English terms Subject index









Rigorous yet engaging, Basic Persian is suitable for both class use and independent study, making it an ideal grammar reference and practiceresource for beginners and students with some knowledge of the language.

Reviews

"Based on solid linguistic and pedagogical grounds and covering different layers of the Persian language structure, this book is an essential reference for Persian grammar. Simple and explicit explanations, exhaustive exercises, and interesting idioms and proverbs are among many strong points of this book. Without a doubt, learners of Persian language will benefit from this book." Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi , McGill University, Canada



"As with English, theres a lot more to Persian than meets the eye, or ear. It needs an all-round practitioner to teach the subtleties of this apparently easy but eloquently idiomatic and multidimensional tongue. Saeed Yousef fits the bill: an experienced teacher, a connoisseur of his own and several other languages, and a poet. His book is an essential vade mecum for all who have decided to make Persian their own." John Perry, Professor of Persian (Emeritus), The University of Chicago

Introduction vii
1 The alphabet
1(16)
2 Nouns and adjectives
17(8)
Singular and plural
The connector ezafe
3 Numbers
25(10)
Demonstrative adjectives
Demonstrative pronouns
4 Pronouns
35(18)
Present tense: to be and to have
5 Simple present tense: other verbs
53(11)
Present progressive with dashtan
6 Definite and indefinite (1)
64(13)
Attributive -i suffix
7 Transitive and intransitive
77(9)
Direct and indirect objects
Definite and indefinite (2): ra
Compound verbs
8 Comparison of adjectives
86(17)
Adjectives as nouns
Question words
Telling the time
Some distributives / quantifiers
`Double negative'
9 Imperative
103(10)
10 Infinitive - its uses
113(7)
Past and present stems
11 Future tense
120(7)
12 Simple past tense
127(10)
Past progressive tense
13 Past participle
137(9)
Perfect tenses
14 Subjunctive
(Present or simple subjunctive)
146(16)
15 Perfect (or past) subjunctive
162(8)
16 Conditionals and wishes
170(11)
17 From prepositions to conjunctions
181(10)
18 Tense in complex sentences: time clauses
191(12)
19 Relative clauses
203(9)
20 Passive
212(10)
Key to exercises 222(35)
Persian-English glossary 257(23)
Index 280