Persian

Contents

 * Cover
 * Introduction — Background to learning Persian

Lessons

 * The Alphabet:
 * Lesson 1 ( ۱ ) — Introduction to the Persian alphabet (ا ب پ ت ث ج چ ح خ)
 * Lesson 2 ( ۲ ) — The alphabet (continued) (د ذ ر ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ)
 * Lesson 3 ( ۳ ) — The alphabet (continued) (ع غ ف ق ک گ ل م ن)
 * Lesson 4 ( ۴ ) — The alphabet (continued), ligatures, diacritics (و ه ی)
 * Level 1 grammar:
 * Lesson 5 ( ۵ ) — Introduction to verbs (هستم ،هست، ...، است، ...)
 * Lesson 6 ( ۶ ) — Noun phrases, ezâfe, demonstrative adjectives
 * Lesson 7 ( ۷ ) — Simple past tense, plurality and formality/deference
 * Lesson 8 ( ۸ ) — Negation, negative copula (بیستم، بیست، ...)
 * Lesson 9 ( ۹ ) — Plural nouns, Arabic plurals, singular verbs with plural inanimate nouns
 * Lesson 10 ( ۱۰ ) — Indefinite clitic ی, homographs
 * Lesson 11 ( ۱۱ ) — Direct objects, prepositions بودن ، داشتن،
 * Lesson 12 ( ۱۲ ) — Present tense, negative present, literary present imperfective
 * Lesson 13 ( ۱۳ ) — Personal enclitics for possession or direct object
 * Lesson 14 ( ۱۴ ) — Light verbs, causative with کردن vs. suffix انیدن or اندن. Passive with شدن
 * Lesson 15 ( ۱۵ ) — Questions: Formal and informal, interrogative adverbs and pronouns
 * Level 2 grammar:
 * Lesson 16 ( ۱۶ ) — Perfective aspect
 * Lesson 17 ( ۱۷ ) — Comparative and superlative adjectives
 * Lesson 18 ( ۱۸ ) — Imperative, subjunctive, conditional
 * Future in colloquial and literary Persian

Appendices

 * Alphabet — The alphabet and transcription
 * Grammar
 * Glossary
 * Further Reading
 * Selected Websites
 * Persian Computing
 * Persian Handwriting
 * Persian Phrases Wikibook

Resources

 * Persian - English Wiktionary

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