Colloquial Persian

ISBN-13: 9781032553405 / Twarda / 2023 / 496 str.

UK) Rafiee Abdi (University of Westminster

Opis

Colloquial Persian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed to provide a step-by-step course to Persian as it is written and spoken today.

Spis treści

Introduction

Reading and writing in Persian

Guidelines for Persian writing

1 سلام　salām Greetings

Dialogue 1 Greeting and leave-taking

Dialogue 2 Introducing yourself

2 احوالپرسي　ahvālporsi Enquiring about health

Dialogue 1 How’re you?

Dialogue 2 Pleased to meet you!

3 کجايي هستيد؟　kojāyi hastid? Where are you from?

Dialogue 1 Party game: Who am I?

Dialogue 2 Introducing B to C

4 آخر هفته چهکار کرديد؟ āxar-e hafte ce-kār kardid? What did you do at the weekend?

Dialogue 1 Wish you were there!

Dialogue 2 Nothing to write home about!

5 منزلتون کجاست؟　manzeletun kojāst? Where’s your home?

Dialogue 1 Giving your details

Dialogue 2 Asking about family

6 ورود به تهران vorud be tehrān Arriving in Tehran

Dialogue 1 How long will you stay in Iran?

Dialogue 2 Going through customs

7 در ايران　dar irān In Iran

Dialogue 1 Getting a taxi

Dialogue 2 Checking into a hotel

8 گفتوگوي خياباني　goftogu-ye xiābāni Street talk

Dialogue 1 Asking directions

Dialogue 2 Is there a Metro Station around here?

9 گرسنهايد؟　gorosneid? Are you hungry?

Dialogue 1 At the dinner table

Dialogue 2 Is this seat taken?

10 موقعيّتهاي اضطراري　mouqe`iyathā-ye ezterāri Emergency situations

Dialogue 1 At the police station

Dialogue 2 Describing appearance

11 منزل　manzel Home

Dialogue 1 Answering the phone

Dialogue 2 I’m looking for a flat

12 گردش　gardeŝ Going out

Dialogue 1 If the weather gets better ...

Dialogue 2 What are your hobbies?

13 خريد　xarid Shopping

Dialogue 1 Haggling

Dialogue 2 In a corner shop

14 خدمات xadamāt Services

Dialogue 1 At the post office

Dialogue 2 Exchanging currencies

15 سلامت و بهداشت　salāmat o behdāŝt Health and hygiene

Dialogue 1 Hello doctor

Dialogue 2 At the pharmacy

16 روابط با ديگران　ravābet bā digarān Relations with other people

Dialogue 1 Giving and receiving gifts

Dialogue 2 Arranging to meet

17 کار و زبانهاي خارجي kār va zabānhā-ye xāreji Business and foreign languages

Dialogue 1 A business appointment

Dialogue 2 A job interview

Key to the exercises

Reference grammar

Persian-English glossary

English-Persian glossary

O autorze

Abdi Rafiee is a Farsi (Persian) teacher at the University of Westminster, London, UK.