Elementary Persian Grammar

L. P. Elwell-Sutton

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511611872

Mr Elwell-Sutton's book provides a simple grammatical framework for contemporary written Persian. It is based on the characteristic idiom and phraseology of the language as it is used in newspapers, magazines and novels. The student is introduced to Persian script from the first lesson. Words are fully vocalized in the early lessons, but vowels are progressively discarded; they are, however, shown in the vocabulary. The letter-forms of printed Persian are used cursive scripts. Although the structure of the language is Mr Elwell-Sutton's immediate concern, he has given close attention to the need for acquiring a workable vocabulary. The examples and exercises thus require only a limited vocabulary of words in fairly common use - about 1500 in all. The student is also given help with pronunciation; at the ends of lessons sample sentences from the exercises are printed with diacritics showing the intonation and stress of each syllable. At the end of the book there is a key to the lessons.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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INTRODUCTION
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LESSON I - The Alphabet
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LESSON II - The Alphabet (cont.). Case and Gender. Simple Sentences
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LESSON III - The Alphabet (cont.). Number
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LESSON IV - The Alphabet (cont.). Writing Notes. Adjectives
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LESSON V - The Ezafe. Comparison of Adjectives. Hiatus
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LESSON VI - Pronouns and Pronominal Adjectives
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LESSON VII - The Verb: Simple Tenses. Verbal Sentences
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LESSON VIII - Adverbs. Prepositions. Conjunctions
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LESSON IX - The Verb: Compound Tenses. Uses of Tenses. Compound Verbs
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LESSON XI - Complex Sentences (cont.) (Relative Clauses)
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LESSON XIII - Numerals. Time. Age. Dates
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LESSON XXIV - Persian Word Formation
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LESSON XV - The Arabic Element in Persian
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APPENDIX A - The Nastaʔliq Script
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APPENDIX B - The Šekaste Script
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APPENDIX C - Books for Further Study and Reading
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VOCABULARY
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INDEX
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KEY
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

INTRODUCTION
pp ix-x

LESSON I - The Alphabet
pp 1-8

LESSON II - The Alphabet (cont.). Case and Gender. Simple Sentences
pp 8-15

LESSON III - The Alphabet (cont.). Number
pp 16-28

LESSON IV - The Alphabet (cont.). Writing Notes. Adjectives
pp 29-40

LESSON V - The Ezafe. Comparison of Adjectives. Hiatus
pp 41-53

LESSON VI - Pronouns and Pronominal Adjectives
pp 53-65

LESSON VII - The Verb: Simple Tenses. Verbal Sentences
pp 65-73

LESSON VIII - Adverbs. Prepositions. Conjunctions
pp 74-86

LESSON IX - The Verb: Compound Tenses. Uses of Tenses. Compound Verbs
pp 87-100

LESSON X - Complex Sentences (Co-ordinate, Subordinate). Impersonal Verbs. Temporal Clauses
pp 100-110

LESSON XI - Complex Sentences (cont.) (Relative Clauses)
pp 110-123

LESSON XII - Complex Sentences (cont.) (Indefinite Relative. Other Conjunctions. Conditional Sentences)
pp 123-131

LESSON XIII - Numerals. Time. Age. Dates
pp 132-144

LESSON XXIV - Persian Word Formation
pp 144-156

LESSON XV - The Arabic Element in Persian
pp 157-170

APPENDIX A - The Nastaʔliq Script
pp 171-176

APPENDIX B - The Šekaste Script
pp 176-185

APPENDIX C - Books for Further Study and Reading
pp 185-186

VOCABULARY
pp 187-220

INDEX
pp 221-226

KEY
pp 227-238

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