Arabic Verbs & Essentials of Grammar, 2E

✍ Scribed by Jane Wightwick, Mahmoud Gaafar

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 161
• Series: Verbs and Essentials of Grammar Series
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Your one-stop guide to mastering the basics of Arabic

Can one book have all you need to communicate confidently in a new language? Yes, and that book is Arabic Verbs & Essentials of Grammar. It offers a solid foundation of major verbal and grammatical concepts of the language, from pronouns to idioms and expressions and from irregular verbs to expressions of time.

Each unit is devoted to one topic, so you can find what you need right away and get focused instruction immediately. Concise yet thorough, the explanations are supported by numerous examples to help you master the different concepts. And for those tricky verbs, Arabic Verbs & Essentials of Grammar includes a Verb Index of the most common verbs, cross-referenced with the abundant verb tables appearing throughout the book.

This book will give you:

• An excellent introduction to the basics of Arabic if you are a beginner or a quick, thorough reference if you already have experience in the language
• Contemporary usage of verbs, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and other grammar essentials
• Examples that reflect contemporary usage and real-life situations

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Arabic Verbs & Essentials of Grammar, Second Edition......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
Introduction......Page 6
1 The Arabic root system......Page 7
Part One: Arabic Verbs......Page 12
2 Regular verbs: The basic tenses......Page 14
3 Irregular verbs: introduction......Page 20
4 Irregular verbs: Verbs with waaw or yaa’ as a root letter......Page 21
5 Irregular verbs: Doubled verbs......Page 32
6 Irregular verbs: Verbs with hamza......Page 34
7 Derived forms of verbs: Introduction......Page 39
8 Derived forms II–IV......Page 41
9 Derived forms V–VI......Page 48
10 Derived forms VII–X......Page 55
11 Essentials of making sentences with verbs......Page 63
12 Verbs in the subjunctive......Page 66
13 Verbs in the jussive (incl. the imperative)......Page 70
14 Making verbs negative......Page 80
15 Making verbs passive......Page 83
16 Verbal nouns and other verbal constructions......Page 88
17 Verbs in the dual......Page 96
18 Verbs with four root letters (quadriliterals)......Page 98
19 Some unusual common verbs......Page 100
Part Two: Arabic Essentials of Grammar......Page 104
20 The article and personal pronouns......Page 106
21 Genders......Page 108
22 Sentences without verbs......Page 110
23 Describing things......Page 112
24 Describing position (prepositions of place)......Page 116
25 Plurals......Page 117
26 Describing possession......Page 120
27 Questions and relative clauses......Page 123
28 The dual......Page 124
(i) Arabic alphabet and pronunciation......Page 125
(ii) Grammatical case endings......Page 126
(iii) Numbers......Page 127
Verb Index: 400 Arabic verbs for easy reference......Page 128

✦ Subjects

Языки и языкознание;Арабский язык;Грамматика;