Abdi Rafiee is a Farsi (Persian) teacher at the University of Westminster, London, UK.

Introduction
Reading and writing in Persian
Guidelines for Persian writing

1 salm
Greetings
Dialogue 1 Greeting and leave-taking
Dialogue 2 Introducing yourself

2 ahvl-porsi
Enquiring about health
Dialogue 1 How're you?
Dialogue 2 Pleased to meet you!

3 kojyi hastid?
Where are you from?
Dialogue 1 Party game: Who am I?
Dialogue 2 Introducing B to C

4 xar-e hafte ce-kr kardid?
What did you do at the weekend?
Dialogue 1 Wish you were there!
Dialogue 2 Nothing to write home about!

5 manzeletun kojst?
Where's your home?
Dialogue 1 Giving your details
Dialogue 2 Asking about family

6 vorud be tehrn
Arriving in Tehran
Dialogue 1 How long will you stay in Iran?
Dialogue 2 Going through customs

7 dar irn
In Iran
Dialogue 1 Getting a taxi
Dialogue 2 Checking into a hotel

8 goft-o-gu-ye xibni
Street talk
Dialogue 1 Asking directions
Dialogue 2 Is there a metro station around here?

9 gorosneid?
Are you hungry?
Dialogue 1 At the dinner table
Dialogue 2 Is this seat taken?

10 mouqe`iyath-ye ezterri
Emergency situations
Dialogue 1 At the police station
Dialogue 2 Describing appearance

11 manzel
Home
Dialogue 1 Answering the phone
Dialogue 2 I'm looking for a flat

12 garde
Going out
Dialogue 1 If the weather gets better . . .
Dialogue 2 What are your hobbies?

13 xarid
Shopping
Dialogue 1 Haggling
Dialogue 2 In a corner shop

14 xadamt
Services
Dialogue 1 At the post office
Dialogue 2 Exchanging currencies

15 salmat o behdt
Health and hygiene
Dialogue 1 Hello, Doctor
Dialogue 2 At the pharmacy

16 ravbet b digarn
Relations with other people
Dialogue 1 Giving and receiving gifts
Dialogue 2 Arranging to meet

17 kr va zabnh-ye xreji
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