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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.

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Author:   Abdi Rafiee (University of Westminster, UK) ,  Abdi Rafiee (University of Westminster, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   4th edition
Weight:   1.224kg
ISBN:  

9781032553405

ISBN 10:   1032553405
Pages:   538
Publication Date:   17 October 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

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

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