frontispiececontentsintroductionAbout IranLinguistic
developmentDoes learning Persian help with learning other
languages?How difficult is Persian to learn?Study of Persian in
EuropeBasic characteristics of PersianFirst
stepsIntonationScriptwriting and pronunciationHow to write
PersianLearning the order of the alphabet(Full list of Persian
alphabet)Introduction to learning the Persian vowelsLong
vowelsShort vowels01 greetings and meeting people'Yes' and 'no';
'hello' and 'goodbye'Days of the week, months and seasonsDays of
the weekThe Persian calendarThe monthsThe seasons02 numbersPersian
numbersCounting words or qualifying nounsWord order of numbers and
nounsOrdinalsPlurals03 grammar reference unitGrammatical glossaries
and meanings04 where are you from? what do you do?Present tense of
'to be'Combination or clash of vowelsNegative form of the present
tense of 'to be'Asking questions in Persian05 family, friends and
other peoplePersonal pronounsHow to describe something or someone?:
linking nouns, adjectives and pronounsUse of pronouns 'me', 'you'
etc.Talking about yourself and your family'Suffixed' or 'attached'
possessive endings06 is Iran's highest mountain higher than Mt
Everest?Comparative and superlative adjectivesShowing the degree of
comparison07 where is it? what? whose is it? why?Interrogative
adjectives, adverbs and pronounsGrouping of question wordsUse of ml
, 'property' to show ownershipAnswers to questions08 likes and
dislikesTo haveThe indefinite: 'a' or 'one' added to nouns,
'some'09 grammar reference unitVerbsInfinitiveRootMoodTense10 what
are you learning?The infinitiveVerb formationSimple past11 how did
you get here so quickly?AdverbsAdverbs of timeAdverbs of
placeAdverbs of manner12 have you seen Mina's new house?Use of
'but' , a conjunction question wordUse of with negative
wordsForming the past continuousForming the perfect and
pluperfectForming the perfect tenseForming the pluperfect13 an
invitation to supperCompound verbsSingle versus compoundSome useful
compound verbs14 he saw me in the library; the man was seenUse of
the direct object marker r Types of verb: transitive or
intransitive?When to use r with transitive verbs15 going for a
quick snackForming the present tenseUses of the present tense16
grammar reference unitTable of present stems of irregular verbs17
in a huff, through the doorPrepositions that don't take the ezafe
be (to, in, into, at, on, with) dar (in, at, into, by, of) az
(from, by, through, of, than, among, by way of, out of, about) b
(with, by, despite, because, in, to) bi (without) t (until, as soon
as, by, as far as, in order to)Prepositions that take the ezafe18
suggesting a visit to a friendForming the present subjunctiveOther
examples using modalsSubjunctive elsewhere19 planning a summer
tripForming the proper future tense20 how are you feeling?Other
impersonal verbs21 grammar reference unitArabic influence on
Persianthe story of Irantaking it furtherappendix: complex
grammarComplex sentences in PersianCo-ordinate sentencesSubordinate
sentencesTemporal sentences: uses of 'when' Relative clause
sentences with 'who, which' Conditional sentences in
PersianImpossible conditionalsSubjunctive pastSpoken versus written
languageGrammar formulasPresent tensePast tenseFuture tensePassive
moodNegativekey to the exercisesPersian-English
glossaryEnglish-Persian glossary
