A Beginners' Guide to Tajiki

Azim Baizoyev, John Hayward

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2006
• Print ISBN:
  9780415315982
• eBook ISBN:
  9781134375233
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

This is a conversational approach to the teaching and learning of the Tajiki language. It uses authentic language material to help learners as they proceed through its topic-based lessons. Its emphasis on the spoken language promotes oral fluency alongside written skills. Both lessons and appendices present new vocabulary and grammar simply and recycle material to provide opportunities for both controlled and free language learning. The appendices include not only lists of useful information and samples of commonly needed letters and speeches but also an invaluable introduction to Tajiki grammar and a comprehensive Tajiki-English dictionary of all the book's vocabulary - over 4500 definitions.

Table of contents

• Cover
• A Beginner's Guide to Tajiki
• Full Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Official Preface
• Translation of the Official
• Editor's Preface
• Lesson 1 The Tajiki Alphabet
• Lesson 2 Forms of Address Getting Acquainted
• Lesson 3 Family
• Lesson 4 Education—Professions
• Lesson 5 House—Courtyard—Garden
• Lesson 6 House—Courtyard—Garden
• Lesson 7 Time—Seasons—Weather
• Lesson 8 Countries—Nationalities—Languages
• Lesson 9 Parts of the Body
• Lesson 10 Беҳмарин аъзо—The Street
• Lesson 11 Market
• Lesson 12 At the Shop
• Lesson 13 At the Restaurant, Cafe, and Tea-House
• Lesson 14 In the Hotel
• Lesson 15 At the Office—On the Telephone
• Lesson 16 Free Time—Visiting as a Guest
• Lesson 17 At the Doctor's Folk Medicine
• Lesson 18 Animals
• Lesson 19 Holidays—Celebrations—Ceremonies
• Lesson 20 Law—Politics International Relations
• Lesson 21 Tourism—Nature
• Answers to Lesson 1 Exercises
• Appendixes
• A Brief Introduction To Tajiki Grammar
• Tajiki—English Dictionary