Tajiki: An Elementary Textbook (Volume 1)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Khojayori, Nasrullo. Tajiki: an elementary textbook I Nasrullo Khojayori.

p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-58901-263-9 (pbk. vol. 1: alk. paper)-ISBN 978-1-58901-264-6 (pbk. vol. 2: alk. paper)-ISBN 978-1-58901-269-1 (pbk. reference grammar: alk. paper) 1. Tajik language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English. I. Title.

PK6973.K49 2009 491' .5782421--dc21 2008052593 © 2009 Georgetown University Press. This grammar book, as well as other language materials for Central Asian Languages produced by CeLCAR, Indiana University-Bloomington, is supported by a Title-VI grant from the Department of Education

TABLE OF CONTENTS SCOPE AND SEQUENCE ..................................................................................................................... v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................................... vii PREFACE, A NOTE FOR THE INSTRUCTOR ............................................................................................. ix INTRODUCTION TO TAJIKI ................................................................................................................

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CHAPTER I AnMci>60M TO'iMKM

Tajiki Alphabet ............................................................................................................................... 1 CHAPTER 2 CMHci>

Classroom .................................................................................................................................... 33 CHAPTER 3 CanOM Ba )(OnnypcM

Greetings ..................................................................................................................................... 75 CHAPTER 4 WMHOCOMM

Acquaintance ............................................................................................................................ 117 CHAPTER 5

06y )(a BO

The Weather .............................................................................................................................. 155 CHAPTER 6 XoHaAOH

Family ......................................................................................................................................... 189 CHAPTER 7 Aap 6o3op

At the Bazaar ............................................................................................................................. 235 APPENDIX I