The Routledge Introductory Persian Course : Farsi Shirin Ast

The Routledge Introductory Persian Course: Farsi Shirin Ast is an innovative Persian language course designed both for undergraduate and postgraduate students who are new to the language. Focusing both on grammatical and communicative competence, the course contains 15 lessons combining authentic dialogues and texts with grammar explanations, exercises and audio materials to guide and support the student through the key skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. Key features: lively, content-based materials – the language is taught and practiced through a variety of dialogues and texts on the culture, history, and traditions of Iran complete vocabulary lists – each vocabulary entry contains the English meaning, the part of speech in Persian, as well as a sample sentence in Persian colloquial situational dialogues – students are introduced to spoken Persian from the outset carefully controlled exercises – new grammatical points are practiced in a variety of controlled exercises that bridge between students’ existing information and the new information audio material – students can develop natural pronunciation by imitating the audio recordings of the vocabulary, dialogues, and texts available freely on the companion website glossaries – comprehensive Persian to English and English to Persian glossaries. The Routledge Introductory Persian Course: Farsi Shirin Ast provides everything that students and instructors need for an engaging and effective learning environment. Pouneh Shabani Jadidi is Head of the Persian Language Program and Faculty Lecturer in Persian at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Dominic Parviz Brookshaw is Lecturer in Persian Studies and Iranian Literature at the University of Manchester, UK. Language & Literature PERS_Farsi_shirin_ast-book 01 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Acknowledgements 6 Contents 8 Introduction 12 Lesson One 20 Lesson Two 34 Lesson Three 46 Lesson Four 56 Lesson Five 68 Lesson Six 84 Lesson Seven 94 Lesson Eight 106 Lesson Nine 118 Lesson Ten 132 Lesson Eleven 144 Lesson Twelve 152 Lesson Thirteen 164 Lesson Fourteen 172 Lesson Fifteen 182 Persian–English Glossary 192 English–Persian Glossary 239 Index 282 PERS_Farsi_shirin_ast-book 02 284 Cover 284 The Routledge Intermediate Persian Course: Farsi Shirin Ast, Book Two 287 Copyright 288 Contents 291 Acknowledgements 289 Introduction 296 Lesson One: Which sport are you interested in? 301 Reading: football 301 Grammar: simple sentences 306 Media exercises: general media vocabulary 307 Colloquial/written Persian: Jalal Al-e Ahmad, “Preparing the Nation” 309 Let’s know more: compound verbs 311 Let’s get to know Iran better: script 313 Lesson Two: Which issues normally cause divorce? 315 Reading: divorce in Iran’s tribal communities 315 Grammar: simple sentences (cont’d) 319 Media exercises: politics and government 322 Colloquial/written Persian: Jalal Al-e Ahmad, “The Samanu Cookers” 323 Let’s know more: Forugh Farrokhzad 325 Let’s get to know Iran better: wind tower 327 Lesson Three: What do you know about Iran’s ancient sites? 328 Reading: Tepe Marlik 328 Grammar: subject and predicate / simple and compound sentences 332 Media exercises: elections 333 Colloquial/written Persian: Goli Taraghi, “Hibernation” 334 Let’s know more: morphology 336 Let’s get to know Iran better: mud brick 337 Lesson Four: What are the advantages and disadvantages of life in the capital? 339 Reading: Tehran 339 Grammar: exclamatory sentences 343 Media exercises: security and conflict 344 Colloquial/written Persian: Moniru Ravanipur, “The Long Night” 345 Let’s know more: Fereydun Moshiri 347 Let’s get to know Iran better: motorway 349 Lesson Five: Which do you prefer: poetry or prose? 350 Reading: Nizami Ganjavi 350 Grammar: chon/cho 354 Media exercises: law and order 354 Colloquial/written Persian: Zoya Pirzad, “The Acrid Taste of Persimmons” 356 Let’s know more: morpheme types 358 Let’s get to know Iran better: column 359 Lesson Six: What are the pros and 360 cons of travelling by train? Reading: railways 360 Grammar: Arabic broken plurals 364 Media exercises: human rights 367 Colloquial/written Persian: Ahmad Mahmud, “Scorched Earth” 368 Let’s know more: Sadeq Hedayat 370 Let’s get to know Iran better: pigeon tower 373 Lesson Seven: What do you do to protect the environment? 374 Reading: Iran’s natural geography 374 Grammar: compound nouns 378 Media exercises: economics 378 Colloquial/written Persian: Simin Daneshvar, “The Life of the Alley” 380 Let’s know more: affixes (prefixes and suffixes) 382 Let’s get to know Iran better: fire temple 383 Lesson Eight: What do commercial centres look like in your country? 384 Reading: bazaar 384 Grammar: compound adjectives 388 Media exercises: trade and industry 389 Colloquial/written Persian: Sadeq Hedayat, “The Darkroom” 390 Let’s know more: the folklore of the people of Iran 392 Let’s get to know Iran better: traditional marketplace 394 Lesson Nine: How many of Iran’s provinces do you know? 395 Reading: Mazandaran 395 Grammar: past participle 398 Media exercises: science and technology 399 Colloquial/written Persian: Goli Taraghi, “Birth” 400 Let’s know more: affixes (inflectional and derivational) 402 Let’s get to know Iran better: kilim 403 Lesson Ten: What is mourning? 404 Reading: symbolic coffin 404 Grammar: reported speech 408 Media exercises: energy 408 A classical Persian prose text: The Tarikh-i Bayhaqi 410 Let’s know more: sayings 411 Let’s get to know Iran better: pilgrim 413 Lesson Eleven: Who is your favourite poet? 415 Reading: Firdawsi’s Shahnama 415 Grammar: passive 418 Media exercises: the environment 420 A classical Persian prose text: the Qabusnama 421 Let’s know more: inflectional affixes 423 Let’s get to know Iran better: synagogue 424 Lesson Twelve: What are the main characteristics of people’s clothing in your country? 426 Reading: men’s and women’s clothing in Iran 426 Grammar: the tense and person of the verb 430 Media exercises: development and aid 432 A classical Persian prose text: the Kimia-yi sa‘adat 434 Let’s know more: Omar Khayyam 436 Let’s get to know Iran better: potter 438 Lesson Thirteen: What day of the year is New Year’s Day in Iran? 440 Reading: the Noruz table setting 440 Grammar: subjunctives 444 Media exercises: culture 446 A classical Persian prose text: the Marzubannama 447 Let’s know more: Hafiz 449 Let’s get to know Iran better: Hafiz’s tomb 451 Lesson Fourteen: Can natural disasters be prevented? 452 Reading: famine in Iran 452 Grammar: conditionals 456 Media exercises: sport 457 A classical Persian prose text: the Maqamat-i Hamidi 459 Let’s know more: Sa‘di 461 Let’s get to know Iran better: alley 463 Lesson Fifteen: What do you know about Islam? 464 Reading: Islam in Iran 464 Grammar: impersonal constructions 468 Media exercises: common media vocabulary 469 A classical Persian prose text: the Kalila va Dimna 471 Let’s know more: compounding 473 Let’s get to know Iran better: mosque 474 Persian–English Glossary 476 English–Persian Glossary 496 Index of grammatical terms 515 The Routledge introductory Persian course: Farsi shirin ast, Second edition, is an innovative course designed for students who are new to the language. Focusing on grammatical and communicative competence, the course contains 15 lessons combining dialogues and texts with grammar explanations, exercises and audio materials to guide and support the student through the key skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. Key features include: Lively, content-based materials - the language is taught and practiced through a variety of dialogues and texts on the culture, history, and traditions of Iran Complete vocabulary lists - each vocabulary entry contains the English meaning, the part of the speech in Persian, as well as a sample sentence in Persian Colloquial situational dialogues - students are introduced to spoken Persian from the outset Carefully controlled exercises - new grammatical points are practiced in a variety of controlled exercises that bridge between students' existing information and the new information Audio material - students can develop natural pronunciation by imitating the audio recordings of the vocabulary, dialogues, and texts available freely online Glossaries - comprehensive Persian to English and English to Persian glossaries. The course provides everything that students and instructors need for an engaging and effective learning environment. Revised and updated, this new edition includes more vocabulary and grammar activities, and clearer learning outcomes