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4.0 out of 5 stars Good for the spoken language only, April 2, 2010
By Shayn Mccallum (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Colloquial Persian - Paperback and CD Pack (Colloquial Series) (Audio CD)
This book very much lives up to its promise as a 'colloquial' course. Like with many languages, there are considerable differences between formal, literary Persian and the everyday spoken idiom. Unlike most courses, which tend to focus on written standards however, this course is strongly focused on the spoken form which has both advantages and disadvantages depending on what your interest in Persian is. If you are primarily interested in reading the works of Rumi, Hafez or Omar Khayyam in the original, this course is not for you and you should give it a wide berth as you will probably find it bewildering and unhelpful. I would recommend instead Narguess Farzad's 'Teach Yourself Modern Persian', and/or the more scholarly Wheeler M. Thackston's 'introduction To Modern Persian' (both of which also have brief, slightly perfunctory guides to spoken Persian included if you are curious).
If your main interest however, is conversing with Iranians, visiting Iran for whatever reason or trying to understand the dialogue of Abbas Kiarostami's films, then you cannot do better than this course. The essential difference between spoken and literary Persian revolves mainly around pronunciation (which can be strikingly different at times) and grammar (as might be expected, the spoken grammar is simpler than the literary standard). Just as an example of the variation involved, a sentence in literary Persian such as Aan mard daaneshju-ye tahrani ast va be Aamrikaa mikhaahad beravad (That man is a Tehrani student and he wants to go to America) would be Un mard duneshju-ye taruni e o Aamrikaa mikhaad bere. Quite different, even at first glance.
In general, this is an excellent course in the spoken language, unfortunately it can waver, at times inconsistently, between literary and colloquial forms- a problem that also occurs in the Persian script. As I understand it, most writing is done in literary rather than colloquial Persian so a more consistent policy towards how to present spelling and written grammar in Persian script would have been helpful. I would recommend this course but I would also suggest that serious students invest in 'Teach Yourself Modern Persian' and/or proffessor Thackston's book as supplementary texts and to help better navigate the subtleties of this rich and beautiful language's finer points of usage.
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3.7 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews)
44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars not bad but too speedy, December 25, 2004
By Nana "drna113" (Kuwait) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Teach Yourself Modern Persian/Farsi Complete Course Audiopack (Audio CD)
It started as a good book letting the lerner take his time especially for beginners . Then it was too fast and there was alot of vocabulary. You will get lost somewhere in the middle and will jump to long articles with not enough explanation. The audio CD is good in teaching pronunciation but it was not enough and did not include all topics. Some chapters were not included at all inthe audio CD Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
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55 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Yes, it comes with a book, July 19, 2005
By Eric D. Howerton "Bizzle Fitz" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Modern Persian/Farsi Complete Course Audiopack (Audio CD)
Despite AMAZON encouraging you to purchase this item with the "Teach Yourselff Modern Persian/Farsi" book under the BETTER TOGETHER subhead, the audiopack does in fact come with the book as well! If you purchase the audiopack you do not need the book.
My girlfriend is Persian and has noted that some of the numbers and letters in the Persian script are not quite accurate. I believe the letter for D is not slanted enough to distinguish it from other letters. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Resource, September 6, 2005
By Nikolas Rodriguez "les quatre princes" (Marshall, VA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Modern Persian/Farsi Complete Course Audiopack (Audio CD)
This book is a good start for those who are serious about learning Farsi. The introduction to the language's script is very good, as well as the pronunciation guide and the examples on the CDs. My only qualm is the speediness of the course. A dictionary is recommended with this book because some words used in the dialogues are not in the index. It is definitely better than the older edition of this book by John Mace.