ABSTRACT
Persian has only a few 'primary' prepositions; the rest are 'derived' prepositions or prepositional phrases. In spoken Persian when using rapid speech, the ezafe in prepositional phrases may be dropped, providing them the appearance of primary or proper prepositions. Persian has a few simple and a large number of compound conjunctions, most of which are groups of synonyms, with the difference being in their degree of currency or formality. Conjunctions are coordinating, correlative or subordinating. Coordinating conjunctions join words or groups of words that are of equal rank. Most of the old Persian or early modern Persian prefixes and suffixes are no more productive and are hardly recognizable in the words that are still common in contemporary Persian. Some of them evolved into new forms with just a few words still in use as remnants of the old forms, in which the original prefixes or suffixes are no more recognizable.
