An introduction to Persian / Wheeler M. Thackston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thackston, W. M. (Wheeler McIntosh), 1944-

Language:

English

Persian

Subjects (All):

Persian language--Grammar.

Persian language.

Persian language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English.

Genre:

Textbooks -- for foreign speakers.

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

37, 286 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Revised fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Bethesda, MD : Ibex Publishers, 2009.

Language Note:

English and Persian.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Part 1 The Grammar of Modern Persian 1

Lesson 1 3

ʹ 1 Word Order

ʹ 2 Stress

ʹ 3 Gender

ʹ 4 State of the noun

ʹ 5 Orthography of the indefinite enclitic

ʹ 6 Adjectival order

ʹ 7 The plural

ʹ 8 The non-specific plural

Lesson 2 8

ʹ 9 Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns

ʹ 10 Verbal agreement with the plural

ʹ 11 Co-ordination

ʹ 12 Adverbs

ʹ 13 Interrogative sentences. Supplementary Vocabulary: Courtesy Phrases

Lesson 3 14

ʹ 14 The ezâfe

ʹ 15 The noun in the predicate position

Lesson 4 21

ʹ 16 Pronouns

ʹ 17 Present copulas

ʹ 18 The negative copula

ʹ 19 kist and chist. Supplementary Vocabulary: Courtesy phrases

Lesson 5 26

ʹ 20 The vocative

ʹ 21 The possessive ezâfe

ʹ 22 The long copula

Review 1 32

Lesson 6 33

ʹ 23 The infinitive

ʹ 24 The past stem and the past absolute tense

ʹ 25 The specific direct-object marker -râ. Supplementary Vocabulary: Countries, Peoples, and Languages

Lesson 7 41

ʹ 26 Compound verbs

ʹ 27 the continuous prefix

ʹ 28 The past participle

ʹ 29 The past narrative tense

Lesson 8 47

ʹ 30 Uses of che and kodâam

ʹ 31 Comparison of adjectives

Lesson 9 55

ʹ 32 Other plurals

ʹ 33 Pronominal possessives

Lesson 10 60

ʹ 34 The present stem

ʹ 35 The present indicative

Review II 55

Lesson 11 68

ʹ 36 Pronominal enclitics

ʹ 37 Reflexive pronouns

Lesson 12 75

ʹ 38 Cardinal numbers

ʹ 39 Ordinal numbers. Supplementary vocabulary: Weights and Measures

Lesson 13 82

ʹ 40 Relative clauses

ʹ 41 The past perfect tense

ʹ 42 The past perfect narrative tense

Lesson 14 90

ʹ 43 The future tense

ʹ 44 Other numerical expressions. Supplementary Vocabulary: Family Relationships

Lesson 15 97

ʹ 45 The imperative

ʹ 46 Resumptive-sentence construction. Supplementary Vocabulary: Foodstuffs

Review III 505

Lesson 16 106

ʹ 47 On the nature of compounds

ʹ 48 The present subjunctive

ʹ 49 Uses of the present subjunctive I. Supplementary Vocabulary: Articles of Clothing

Lesson 17 115

ʹ 50 Impersonal constructions

ʹ 51 Uses of the present subjuctive II

Lesson 18 122

ʹ 52 Totally impersonal constructions

ʹ 53 The participial absolute

ʹ 54 Reported speech and verbs of sense perception

Lesson 19 127

ʹ 55 The past subjunctive

ʹ 56 Back-formation of infinitives and denominative verbs

ʹ 57 Temportal use of ke

ʹ 58 Impersonals with âdam

Lesson 20 135

ʹ 59 Uses of the subjunctive III: Adjectival clauses

ʹ 60 Uses of the infinitive. Supplementary Vocabulary: Common Materials

Review IV 143

Additional Vocabulary: Academic Fields and Related Vocabulary 143

Lesson 21 145

ʹ 61 Conditionals

ʹ 62 Other irrealis constructions

ʹ 63 Expressions of temporal duration. Additional Vocabulary: Mishaps

Lesson 22 154

ʹ 64 Uses of the subjunctive IV: Adverbial clauses

ʹ 65 Participial forms. Additional Vocabulary: Travel

Lesson 23 162

ʹ 66 Abstraction of substantives

ʹ 67 Double-substantive compounds

ʹ 68 Adjectives/adverbs in -âne

ʹ 69 Magar. Supplementary Vocabulary: Parts of the body

Lesson 24 171

ʹ 70 "As...as possible."

ʹ 71 "The more...the more."

ʹ 72 Factitive verbs

ʹ 73 Verbal nouns

ʹ 74 Infinitival adjectives. Supplementary Vocabulary: Animals

Lesson 25 180

ʹ 75 The passive

ʹ 76 Uses of the past participle

ʹ 77 Diminutives

Review V 185

Part 2 Classical and Archaic Usages 187

ʹ 78 The majhul vowels

ʹ 79 Euphonic -d-

ʹ 80 The optative and negative imperative

ʹ 81 The vocative enclitic

ʹ 82 Dative usages

ʹ 83 Circumpositions

ʹ 84 The perfective aspect; the be- prefix

ʹ 85 Cho(n)

ʹ 86 The continuous marker hami

ʹ 87 The past habitual and conditional

ʹ 88 The archaic present stem of budan

ʹ 89 The archaic negative copula

ʹ 90 The archaic past narrative

ʹ 91 The gnomic past

Part 3 Colloquial Transformations 199

ʹ 92 Phonological transformations

ʹ 93 The copulas

ʹ 94 Verbal inflections

ʹ 95 Reduced, altered, and contracted verbal stems

ʹ 96 The present and past progressive

ʹ 97 Direct-object marker

ʹ 98 The emphasizing particle ke

ʹ 99 Pronominal enclitics

ʹ 100 Prepositions.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781588140555

1588140555

OCLC:

138342636

Publisher Number:

99940346365