Description
An Introduction to Persian is intended to serve as an introduction on the elementary level to the modern Persian language. Each lesson is provided with specific exercises and drills for the major grammatical and syntactical points introduced therein. Vocabulary are included at the end of each lesson are intended for active acquisition.
Specialized supplementary vocabulary lists are also scattered throughout the book. In part two of the grammar, the outstanding differences between modern and classical usage are given. In part three the distinguishing features of ordinary colloquial Persian are given.
A set of nine audio CDs helps in learning pronunciation. The voice on the recordings is that of former Iran radio announcer Parviz Bahador.
Wheeler M. Thackston is Professor of Persian and other Near East Languages at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books, including An Introduction to Persian, An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic, A Millennium of Classical Persian Poetry, An Introduction to Syriac and a translation of the Gulistan of Sa'di. 
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