Persian

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"From the gates of تخت جمشید/پارسه (takhte jamshid, "Persepolis") now in Pars Museum of Shiraz"

Azadi Square, the symbol of Tehran

The shrine of Imam Ali Reda in Mashad, Iran

• Cover
• Introduction — Background to learning Persian

[edit] 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

[edit] Appendices

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

[edit] Resources

• Persian - English Wiktionary

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