Intermediate Persian: A Grammar and Workbook [2 ed.]
0367209837, 9780367209834
Intermediate Persian: A Grammar and Workbook comprises accessible grammar exercises in a single volume. Each of the 14 u
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Year 2021
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Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Contents
Authors’ preface to the second edition
Introduction
0 A quick review of Basic Persian
1 Indirect speech
2 “Self ”: emphatic, reflexive and possessive usages of khod. Objective pronouns
3 Definite and indefinite, singular and plural: Review and expansion Vocative case
4 Persian equivalents of English modal verbs More on subjunctive
5 More on conditionals If, unless; otherwise, as if
6 Causative form Optative mood Past participle as verb Deleting a similar verb Regulars on the march
7 Impersonal forms
8 The position of verbs in a sentence Verbs of state Putting on and taking off clothes To want, to be able to, to know
9 More on compound verbs Ways to avoid passive
10 Nouns and adjectives, from verbs Some prefixes and suffixes
11 Exclamative form More on adjectives/adverbs, comparison of adjectives Ezāfe
12 Correlative conjunctions More on subordinate clauses A review of tā
13 How to use digar, hanuz, ham, faghat/tanhā
14 Remember/forget Arrange, change, difference Meaning/“to mean”
Appendix I: Language of politeness and courtesy
Appendix II: Colloquial Persian/Tehrāni
Appendix III: Literary, poetical, archaic
Appendix IV: Good, bad and ugly Persian Common mistakes
Key to the exercises
Persian–English Glossary (includes all Persian simple verbs)
Index