ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Unit Zero|7 pages
A quick review of Basic Persian
part Unit One|14 pages
Indirect speech
part Unit two|10 pages
“Self”: emphatic, reflexive and possessive usages of khod. Objective pronouns
part Unit three|13 pages
Definite and indefinite, singular and plural: Review and expansion Vocative case
part Unit Four|17 pages
Persian equivalents of English modal verbs More on subjunctive
part Unit Five|8 pages
More on conditionals If, unless; otherwise, as if
part Unit Six|8 pages
Causative form Optative mood Past participle as verb Deleting a similar verb Regulars on the march
part Unit Seven|7 pages
Impersonal forms
part Unit Eight|10 pages
The position of verbs in a sentence Verbs of state Putting on and taking off clothes To want, to be able to, to know
part Unit Nine|6 pages
More on compound verbs Ways to avoid passive
part Unit Ten|17 pages
Nouns and adjectives, from verbs Some prefixes and suffixes
part Unit Eleven|18 pages
Exclamative form More on adjectives/adverbs, comparison of adjectives Ezāfe
part Unit Twelve|13 pages
Correlative conjunctions More on subordinate clauses A review of tā
part Unit Thirteen|10 pages
How to use digar, hanuz, ham, faghat/tanhā
part Unit Fourteen|13 pages
Remember/forget Arrange, change, difference Meaning/“to mean”
