Introduction
Reading and writing in Persian
Guidelines for Persian writing
سلام 1 salām
Greetings
Dialogue 1 Greeting and leave-taking
Dialogue 2 Introducing yourself
احوال پرسی 2 ahvāl-porsi
Enquiring about health
Dialogue 1 How’re you?
Dialogue 2 Pleased to meet you!
کجايی هستيد؟ 3 kojāyi hastid?
Where are you from?
Dialogue 1 Party game: Who am I?
Dialogue 2 Introducing B to C
آخر هفته چه کار کرديد؟ 4 āxar-e hafte ce-kār kardid?
What did you do at the weekend?
Dialogue 1 Wish you were there!
Dialogue 2 Nothing to write home about!
منزلتون کجاست؟ 5 manzeletun kojāst?
Where’s your home?
Dialogue 1 Giving your details
Dialogue 2 Asking about family
ورود به تهران 6 vorud be tehrān
Arriving in Tehran
Dialogue 1 How long will you stay in Iran?
Dialogue 2 Going through customs
در ايران 7 dar irān
In Iran
Dialogue 1 Getting a taxi
Dialogue 2 Checking into a hotel
گفت وگوی خيابانی 8 goft-o-gu-ye xiābāni
Street talk
Dialogue 1 Asking directions
Dialogue 2 Is there a metro station around here?
گرسنه ايد؟ 9 gorosneid?
Are you hungry?
Dialogue 1 At the dinner table
Dialogue 2 Is this seat taken?
موقعيّت های اضطراری 10 mouqe`iyathā-ye ezterāri
Emergency situations
Dialogue 1 At the police station
Dialogue 2 Describing appearance
منزل 11 manzel
Home
Dialogue 1 Answering the phone
Dialogue 2 I’m looking for a flat
گردش 12 gardeŝ
Going out
Dialogue 1 If the weather gets better . . .
Dialogue 2 What are your hobbies?
خريد 13 xarid
Shopping
Dialogue 1 Haggling
Dialogue 2 In a corner shop
خدمات 14 xadamāt
Services
Dialogue 1 At the post office
Dialogue 2 Exchanging currencies
سلامت و بهداشت 15 salāmat o behdāŝt
Health and hygiene
Dialogue 1 Hello, Doctor
Dialogue 2 At the pharmacy
روابط با ديگران 16 ravābet bā digarān
Relations with other people
Dialogue 1 Giving and receiving gifts
Dialogue 2 Arranging to meet
کار و زبان های خارجی 17 kār va zabānhā-ye xāreji
Business and foreign languages
Dialogue 1 A business appointment
Dialogue 2 A job interview
Key to the exercises
Reference grammar
Persian–English glossary
English–Persian glossary
Biography
Abdi Rafiee is a Farsi (Persian) teacher at the University of Westminster, London, UK.
