Conversational Persian

Washington, D.C.: 1966. 134 p. These language materials were first prepared at the State University of Utah in connection with Peace Corps language programs in Persian. They are reproduced here with only slight modifications. This text is divided into seven main chapters: (1) Persian Vocabulary and Expressions for History, Law and Government (this section contains dialogues such as the following: At the Doctor's Clinic, At the Bank, At the Grocery Store); (2) A Vocabulary of Useful Information (the Persian Calendar; Parts of the Body; Clothing and Personal Needs; Furniture and Household Needs; Profession and Trades; Sciences, Art and Humanities); (3) Persian Vocabulary and Expressions for Biology; (4) Persian Vocabulary and Expressions for Economics; (5) Technical Terminology; (6) Persian Vocabulary and Expressions for Mathematics; (7) Persian Vocabulary and Expressions for Physics and Chemistry; and (8) Persian Vocabulary and Expressions for the Space Age.