A Beginners' Guide to Tajiki [Paperback]

This is a conversational approach to the teaching and learning of the Tajiki language. It uses authentic language material to help learners as they proceed through its topic-based lessons. Its emphasis on the spoken language promotes oral fluency alongside written skills. Both lessons and appendices present new vocabulary and grammar simply and recycle material to provide opportunities for both controlled and free language learning.
The appendices include not only lists of useful information and samples of commonly needed letters and speeches but also an invaluable introduction to Tajiki grammar and a comprehensive Tajiki-English dictionary of all the book's vocabulary - over 4500 definitions.This is a conversational approach to the teaching and learning of the Tajiki language.Official Preface Translation of the Official Preface Editor's Preface 1. Lesson 1: The Tajiki Alphabet, Transcription, Stress 2. Lesson 2: Forms of Address, Getting Acquainted, Grammar Personal Pronouns, The Inflectional Suffix Izofat, Possessive Determiners, Pronominal Suffixes, The Copula 3. Lesson 3: Family, Grammar Present-Future Tense, Simple Questions, The Conjunction 4. Lesson 4: Education - Professions, Grammar More Present-Future Tense, Plural Forms of Nouns 5. Lesson 5: House - Courtyard - Garden, Grammar Prepositions, The Direct Object Marker, Question Particles, Imperatives 6. Lesson 6: House - Courtyard - Garden (continued), Grammar Indefinite Nouns, Infinitives, Present-Future Tense, Simple Past Tense, Reading 7. Lesson 7: Time - Seasons - Weather, Grammar Numbers, Reading 8. Lesson 8: Countries - Nationalities - Languages, Grammar Descriptive Past, Comparatives and Superlatives, Derivational Suffixes 9. Lesson 9: Parts of the Body, Grammar Compound Verbs, Active and Passive Verbs, Absolute Future Tense, Reading 10. Lesson 10: The City - The Street, Grammar The Past Participle, Present Continuous Tense, Modal Verbs 11. Lesson 11: Market, Grammar Derivational Affixes (conlv