Essentials of Persian Grammar: Concepts and Exercises: (Farsi- English Bi-lingual Edition)- 2nd Edition (English, Farsi and Persian Edition)

I just received this grammar yesterday. This grammar is a dozen steps ahead of old Persian grammars. The print in it is really big for some reason. I think the author wrote this grammar for children rather than for adult learners. However, the grammar is well organized. One criticism I would like to bring up is that the author uses a transliteration that does not make much sense. For example, he transliterates the word for "book" as "ke.tab". The letter "a" has an upside-down circumflex over it. I don't see any use for a period being used or using the letter "a (with upside-down circumflex)" for the letter alif. He should just spell it "ketob" like it would be spelt in Tajik. Otherwise, I would recommend it for the Persian/Tajik learner as the grammar is simple and new. But, on the other hand, Persian and Tajik are easy to learn.

Excellent book to study the Persian grammar! First book I have been able to find where the grammar examples stay in the Latin alphabet throughout the book. My understanding of putting together a sentence and making simple conversations has increased 1000 fold and the cost for this gem has been very easy on my kife jibi.

Wonderful. To be used in accompany with a textbook of some sort, but I used this while waiting for my textbook to arrive and was learning just fine. The structure of the book is as follows: Grammar point, explanation, example, end of chapter, questions, vocabulary. Essentially like a textbook, but very succinct and lacking the repetition which is prevalent in textbooks, and for that reason it is not an ideal primary learning source; as stated above, use this in conjunction with another, primary, resource.

This book works like a course book although it is a grammar book. Every chapter has vocabulary and they are independent from each other in that respect, so that you can learn any chapter without learning from the start.

Great book, Very organized with tons of exercises. The 2nd edition has a smaller font size.

I'm confused....it is a completely different book inside! Am I the only one with this kind of error?!

very well-organized and easy to follow. The transliterations and the keys to the exercises are very helpful.

This book is excellent for beginner/elementary level. The grammar explanations are very thorough, the Farsi script is big enough and clear enough for practice, there are tests at the end of every section... Definitely worth the price. Don't hesitate!

Book was easy to understand.Being a English speaker, I highly recommended books by this author if your serious about about learning Farsi

Good prompt service.only problem a lot is written in farsi...no good for someone learning.

Grammatik ist nie einfach. Dieses Buch bietet aber einen übersichtlichen und leicht verständlichen Einstieg in die grundlegenden Bausteine der persischen Grammatik. Die Übungen machen einen großen Teil aus. Meiner Meinung nach sollten sie nicht am Ende jeden Kapitels sein, sondern am Ende - oder sogar noch besser, in einem separaten Heftchen. Die Erklärungen an sich sind jedoch ausreichend.Als erste Grammatiklektüre gut. Allerdings sollte man sich bereits mit Grammatik und grammatikalischen Ausdrücken auf Englisch auskennen.

Farsi as an indo-german language is interesting to be learnt. Though the book is in Farsi-English it easily to understand. The English is not too dificult. Farsi, itself, is written in Arabic Letters and transliteration, as well. I am really pleased with that book.