Introduction to Persian: 4th Revised Edition
An Introduction to Persian is an introduction on the elementary level to the modern Persian language. Each lesson is provided with specific exercises and drills for the major grammatical and syntactical points introduced therein. The vocabulary included at the end of each lesson are intended for active acquisition. Specialized supplementary vocabulary lists are also scattered throughout the book. In part two the outstanding differences between modern and classical usage are given. In part...
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An Introduction to Persian is an introduction on the elementary level to the modern Persian language. Each lesson is provided with specific exercises and drills for the major grammatical and syntactical points introduced therein. The vocabulary included at the end of each lesson are intended for active acquisition. Specialized supplementary vocabulary lists are also scattered throughout the book. In part two the outstanding differences between modern and classical usage are given. In part three the distinguishing features of ordinary colloquial Persian are given.
Preface ixIntroduction: Phonology and Script xiThe Phonology of Persian xiiiSyllabification xviStress xviiThe Persian Alphabet xviiiPronunciation Exercise xxxivReading Exercise xxxvPart 1 The Grammar of Modern Persian 1Lesson 1 3 1 Word Order 2 Stress 3 Gender 4 State of the noun 5 Orthography of the indefinite enclitic 6 Adjectival order 7 The plural 8 The non-specific pluralLesson 2 8 9 Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns 10 Verbal agreement with the plural 11 Co-ordination 12 Adverbs 13 Interrogative sentences. Supplementary Vocabulary: Courtesy PhrasesLesson 3 14 14 The ezâfe 15 The noun in the predicate positionLesson 4 21 16 Pronouns 17 Present copulas 18 The negative copula 19 kist and chist. Supplementary Vocabulary: Courtesy phrasesLesson 5 26 20 The vocative 21 The possessive ezâfe 22 The long copulaReview 1 32Lesson 6 33 23 The infinitive 24 The past stem and the past absolute tense 25 The specific direct-object marker -râ. Supplementary Vocabulary: Countries, Peoples, and LanguagesLesson 7 41 26 Compound verbs 27 the continuous prefix 28 The past participle 29 The past narrative tenseLesson 8 47 30 Uses of che and kodâam 31 Comparison of adjectivesLesson 9 55 32 Other plurals 33 Pronominal possessivesLesson 10 60 34 The present stem 35 The present indicativeReview II 55Lesson 11 68 36 Pronominal enclitics 37 Reflexive pronounsLesson 12 75 38 Cardinal numbers 39 Ordinal numbers. Supplementary vocabulary: Weights and MeasuresLesson 13 82 40Relative clauses 41 The past perfect tense 42 The past perfect narrative tenseLesson 14 90 43 The future tense 44 Other numerical expressions. Supplementary Vocabulary: Family RelationshipsLesson 15 97 45 The imperative 46 Resumptive-sentence construction. Supplementary Vocabulary: FoodstuffsReview III 505Lesson 16 106 47 On the nature of compounds 48 The present subjunctive 49 Uses of the present subjunctive I. Supplementary Vocabulary: Articles of ClothingLesson 17 115 50 Impersonal constructions 51 Uses of the present subjuctive IILesson 18 122 52 Totally impersonal constructions 53 The participial absolute 54 Reported speech and verbs of sense perceptionLesson 19 127 55 The past subjunctive 56 Back-formation of infinitives and denominative verbs 57 Temportal use of ke 58 Impersonals with âdamLesson 20 135 59 Uses of the subjunctive III: Adjectival clauses 60 Uses of the infinitive. Supplementary Vocabulary: Common MaterialsReview IV 143Additional Vocabulary: Academic Fields and Related Vocabulary 143Lesson 21 145 61 Conditionals 62 Other irrealis constructions 63 Expressions of temporal duration. Additional Vocabulary: MishapsLesson 22 154 64 Uses of the subjunctive IV: Adverbial clauses 65 Participial forms. Additional Vocabulary: TravelLesson 23 162 66 Abstraction of substantives 67 Double-substantive compounds 68 Adjectives/adverbs in -&acric;ne 69 Magar. Supplementary Vocabulary: Parts of the bodyLesson 24 171 70 "As...as possible." 71 "The more...the more." 72 Factitive verbs 73 Verbal nouns 74 Infinitival adjectives. Supplementary Vocabulary: AnimalsLesson 25 180 75 The passive 76 Uses of the past participle 77 DiminutivesReview V 185Part 2 Classical and Archaic Usages 187 78 The majhul vowels 79 Euphonic -d- 80 The optative and negative imperative 81 The vocative enclitic 82 Dative usages 83 Circumpositions 84 The perfective aspect; the be- prefix 85 Cho(n) 86 The continuous marker hami 87 The past habitual and conditional 88 The archaic present stem of budan 89 The archaic negative copula 90 The archaic past narrative 91 The gnomic pastPart 3 Colloquial Transformations 199 92 Phonological transformations 93 The copulas 94 Verbal inflections 95 Reduced, altered, and contracted verbal stems 96 The present and past progressive 97 Direct-object marker 98 The emphasizing particle ke 99 Pronominal enclitics 100 PrepositionsAppendix A The Uses of tâ 208Appendix B Telling Time, Days of the Week, Months of the Year, Reading Dates, Arithmetical Operations 210Examples of Contemporary Persian Prose 215Examples of Classical Persian Prose 237VocabulariesEnglish-Persian 248Persian-English 254Index 284
