- 276 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This fully revised second edition of 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:
• a clear, accessible format
• many useful language examples
• jargon-free explanations of grammar
• abundant exercises with full answer key
• a glossary of Persian-English terms
• a subject index
Rigorous yet engaging, Basic Persian is suitable for both class use and independent study, making it an ideal grammar reference and practice resource for both beginners and students with some knowledge of the language.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Authors’ preface to second edition
- Introduction
- 1 The Alphabet
- 2 Nouns and adjectives Singular and plural The connector ezāfe
- 3 Numbers Demonstrative adjectives Demonstrative pronouns
- 4 Pronouns Present tense: to be and to have
- 5 Simple present tense: other verbs Present progressive with dāshtan
- 6 Definite and indefinite (1) Attributive -i suffix
- 7 Transitive and intransitive Direct and indirect objects Definite and indefinite (2): rā Compound verbs
- 8 Comparison of adjectives Adjectives as nouns Question words Telling the time Some distributives / quantifiers ‘Double negative’
- 9 Imperative
- 10 Infinitive – its uses Past and present stems
- 11 Future tense
- 12 Simple past tense Past progressive tense
- 13 Past participle Perfect tenses
- 14 Subjunctive (Present or simple subjunctive)
- 15 Perfect (or past) subjunctive
- 16 Conditionals and wishes
- 17 From prepositions to conjunctions
- 18 Tense in complex sentences: time clauses
- 19 Relative clauses
- 20 Passive
- Key to exercises
- Persian-English glossary
- Index