Saeed Yousef, Hayedeh Torabi

Intermediate Persian

A Grammar and Workbook

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Intermediate Persian: A Grammar and Workbook comprises accessible grammar exercises in a single volume. Each of the 14 units deals with a particular grammatical point and provides associated exercises to help learners reinforce and consolidate their knowledge. In addition, it features four appendices, covering colloquial, polite, literary and journalistic styles. Intermediate Persian reviews the principles presented in Basic Persian and introduces more-advanced features and structures of the language. User-friendly and engaging, Intermediate Persian is suitable for both class use and independent study. This edition is completely revised with additional features, such as a review chapter and translations of all the examples.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Grammar Workbooks
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780367209834
• ISBN-10: 0367209837
• Artikelnr.: 61413658

Autorenporträt

Saeed Yousef was a senior lecturer of Persian at the University of Chicago, USA, until 2020. He is also a poet and has published books of literary criticism and translations. Hayedeh Torabi was a lecturer of Persian at the University of Chicago, USA. She is a published writer, essayist and translator.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents

Authors' preface to second edition

Introduction

Unit 0:

A quick review of Basic Persian

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 know

Unit 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).

Index

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Contents Authors' preface to second edition Introduction Unit 0: A quick review of Basic Persian 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 know Unit 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, ez
fe Unit 12: Correlative conjunctions More on subordinate clauses A review of t
Unit 13: How to use digar, hanuz, ham, faghat/tanh
Unit 14: Remember/forget, arrange, change, difference, meaning/'to mean' Appendix I: Language of politeness and courtesy Appendix II: Colloquial Persian/ Tehr
ni Appendix III: Literary, poetical, archaic Appendix IV: Good, bad and ugly Persian Common mistakes Key to Exercises. Glossary (includes all Persian simple verbs). Index

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"As with English, there's a lot more to Persian than meets the eye, or ear. It needs an all-round practitioner to teach the subtleties of this apparently easy but eloquently idiomatic and multidimensional tongue. Saeed Yousef fits the bill: an experienced teacher, a connoisseur of his own and several other languages, and a poet. His book is an essential vade mecum for all who have decided to make Persian their own."

John Perry, Professor of Persian (Emeritus), The University of Chicago, USA