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Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic

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ISBN-10: 0199277729

ISBN-13: 9780199277728

Edition: 2006

Authors: G. N. Groffman

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A practical, up-to-date course in Arabic for beginners, this book contains numerous practice exercises, notes on vocabulary, and advice on commonly encountered difficulties. It ends with a reference table of verbs, substantial English-Arabic and Arabic-English vocabularies and a comprehensive grammatical index.
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Book details

List price: $110.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/15/2021
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 520
Size: 6.73" wide x 9.69" long x 0.04" tall
Weight: 0.022
Language: English

Selected Contents
Introduction
The Arabic Alphabet
Special Features of Pronunciation
Syllable Stress
Present Tense of the Verb `to be': Asking a question
Gender in Nouns: Ordinal Numerals: Gender Agreement; Cardinal Numerals: 1 to10; Independent or Subject Pronouns
Case Endings - Indefinite Nouns
Case Endings for Adjectives: Cardinal Numerals
Use of Verbs: Use of the Accusative
Pronoun Suffixes
The Idaafah
The Preposition
Pronoun Suffixes, prepositions with - their Vowel and Spelling Changes, -Verbs with -
The Verb `to please'; The Verb `not to be'; Perfect Tense of Five HollowVerbs
Verbs: The Imperfect Indicative
Hollow Verbs: The Imperfect Indicative
The Dual Endings of Nouns, Adjectives, and Pronouns
The Dual of Verbs
The Negative of the Imperfect Indicative
The Plural of Nouns and Adjectives - The Sound Plural - Nisbah Adjectives -Masculine Sound Plural as first term of an Idaafah
The Triliteral Root System of Arabic Words
Subjunctive and Future Tenses: Assimilated Verbs
The Jussive
Interrogatives
The Derived Forms of Arabic Verbs
The Pluperfect and Past Imperfect
Relative Clauses
The Verbal Noun
Defective Verbs
The Indeterminate Relative Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Affirmative Imperative Forms of Verbs: Negative Imperative
Hollow Verbs - Forms I to X
Ordinal Numbers: Telling the Time
Active Participles of Verbs: Impersonal Expressions with a Following Clause
The Elative (Arabic Comparative and Superlative)
Phonetic Change in Nouns and Adjectives: Using the Cardinal Numbers; TheCalendar in the Arab World
The Passive Voice
The Haal Clause
Passive Participles
Doubled Verbs: The Subjunctive: Summary of Uses
Verbal Nouns: Accusative of Cause, Reason, or Purpose; Quadriliteral Vebs
Jussive Indirect Commands
Reference Tables of Verbs
English-Arabic Vocabulary
Arabic-English Vocabulary
Grammatical Index