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. Combining a clear, practical, and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Persian in a broad range of situations.
Each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points across different key topics for communicating in Persian. This fourth edition offers thoroughly updated and expanded cultural notes, refined language points offering greater clarity and understanding of the most difficult points, a clearer introduction to the Persian script, and new audio material. Balanced, comprehensive, and rewarding, Colloquial Persian is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Persian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Key features include:
• A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.
• Jargon-free, succinct, and clearly structured explanations of grammar.
• An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises.
• Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations.
• Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Iran.
• An overview of the sounds of Persian.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. The audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
By:
Abdi Rafiee (University of Westminster UK), Abdi Rafiee (University of Westminster, UK) Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: 4th edition Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g ISBN:9781032553405 ISBN 10: 1032553405 Series:Colloquial Series Pages: 538 Publication Date:17 October 2023 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Reading and writing in Persian Guidelines for Persian writing سلام 1 salām Greetings Dialogue 1 Greeting and leave-taking Dialogue 2 Introducing yourself احوال پرسی 2 ahvāl-porsi Enquiring about health Dialogue 1 How’re you? Dialogue 2 Pleased to meet you! کجايی هستيد؟ 3 kojāyi hastid? Where are you from? Dialogue 1 Party game: Who am I? Dialogue 2 Introducing B to C آخر هفته چه کار کرديد؟ 4 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! منزلتون کجاست؟ 5 manzeletun kojāst? Where’s your home? Dialogue 1 Giving your details Dialogue 2 Asking about family ورود به تهران 6 vorud be tehrān Arriving in Tehran Dialogue 1 How long will you stay in Iran? Dialogue 2 Going through customs در ايران 7 dar irān In Iran Dialogue 1 Getting a taxi Dialogue 2 Checking into a hotel گفت وگوی خيابانی 8 goft-o-gu-ye xiābāni Street talk Dialogue 1 Asking directions Dialogue 2 Is there a metro station around here? گرسنه ايد؟ 9 gorosneid? Are you hungry? Dialogue 1 At the dinner table Dialogue 2 Is this seat taken? موقعيّت های اضطراری 10 mouqe`iyathā-ye ezterāri Emergency situations Dialogue 1 At the police station Dialogue 2 Describing appearance منزل 11 manzel Home Dialogue 1 Answering the phone Dialogue 2 I’m looking for a flat گردش 12 gardeŝ Going out Dialogue 1 If the weather gets better . . . Dialogue 2 What are your hobbies? خريد 13 xarid Shopping Dialogue 1 Haggling Dialogue 2 In a corner shop خدمات 14 xadamāt Services Dialogue 1 At the post office Dialogue 2 Exchanging currencies سلامت و بهداشت 15 salāmat o behdāŝt Health and hygiene Dialogue 1 Hello, Doctor Dialogue 2 At the pharmacy روابط با ديگران 16 ravābet bā digarān Relations with other people Dialogue 1 Giving and receiving gifts Dialogue 2 Arranging to meet کار و زبان های خارجی 17 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
Abdi Rafiee is a Farsi (Persian) teacher at the University of Westminster, London, UK.
