Intermediate Persian : a grammar and workbook
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Intermediate Persian : a grammar and workbook
（Grammar workbooks）
Routledge, 2014
- : pbk
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Includes index
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Description
Intermediate Persian: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible grammar and related exercises in a single volume. Each of the fourteen units deals with a particular grammatical point and provides associated exercises to help learners reinforce and consolidate their knowledge.There are additionally four appendices covering colloquial, polite, literary and journalistic styles.
Features include:
clear, accessible format
many useful language examples
clear, jargon-free explanations of grammar
abundant exercises with full answer key
units covering different levels of language
a glossary of Persian-English terms that includes all Persian simple verbs and their roots
subject index
Intermediate Persian reviews many of the principle elements presented in its sister volume, Basic Persian, and introduces more advanced features and structures of the language. The two books form a compendium of the essentials of Persian grammar.
User-friendly and engaging, Intermediate Persian is suitable for both class use and independent study, making it an ideal grammar reference and practice resource for students and learners with some knowledge of the language.
Table of Contents
- Introduction Unit 1: Indirect speech Unit 2: 'Self': emphatic, reflexive and possessive. Usages of khod. Objective pronouns Unit 3: Definite and indefinite, singular and plural. Review and expansion. Vocative case Unit 4: Persian equivalents of English modal verbs. More on subjunctive Unit 5: More on conditionals. If, unless
- otherwise, as if Unit 6: Causative form. Optative mood. Past participle as verb. Deleting a similar verb. Regulars on the march Unit 7: Impersonal forms Unit 8: Position of verbs in the sentence. Verbs of state. Putting on and taking off clothes. To want, to be able to, to knowUnit 9: More on compound verbs. Ways to avoid passive Unit 10: Nouns, adjectives from verbs. Some prefixes and suffixes Unit 11: Exclamative form. More on adjectives/adverbs. Comparison of adjectives. Ezafe Unit 12: Correlative conjunctions. More on subordinate clauses. A review of ta Unit 13: How to use digar, hanuz, ham, faghat/tanha Unit 14: Remember/forget, arrange, change. Difference, meaning/'to mean' Appendix I: Language of politeness and courtesy Appendix II: Colloquial Persian/ Tehrani Appendix III: Literary, poetical, archaic Appendix IV: Good, bad and ugly Persian. Common mistakes Key to Exercises. Glossary (includes all Persian simple verbs)
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