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Basic Arabic A Grammar and Workbook

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ISBN-10: 0415587735

ISBN-13: 9780415587730

Edition: 2014

Authors: Waheed Samy, Leila Samy

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Basic Arabic is a grammar and workbook combination of Modern Standard Arabic. The book will be written in English for non-native or heritage learners of Arabic at the beginning to intermediate levels. Basic Arabic aims to provide concise, structured explanations of grammar concepts with ample, contextualised exercise material. The Grammarwill tackle around twenty significant grammar points, and will encompass those structures generally encountered in the first year of language study. Each unit will feature graded exercises and Basic Arabic will come with an answer key, making the material suitable for both classroom-based and independent study.
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Book details

List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 3/27/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 358
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Preface
Word Boundaries in Written Arabic
Meaning and Grammatical Categories Encapsulated in a Word
Arabic Grammar Paradigm
The Arabic Language Writing System
Function of Diacritics
Agreement
Pronouns
Demonstratives
Case Marking: Noun Words
Noun Type Words: Syntactic Function, Case Name and Case Marking
Syntactic Functions and their Case Markers
Noun Types
The "Human" Vs "Non-Human" Classification of Nouns
The Human Category Nouns
The Non-Human Category Nouns
Noun Attributes: Number, Gender, Case, Definiteness
Numbers and Counting
The Sentence--the basics
The Noun-Adjective Phrases
Adjectives: Agreement with Nouns
The 'Idafa Phrase
The 'Idafa Adjective Phrase
The definite article
Prepositions
Adverbials
To have
Questions
Negation
About the Arabic verb
Conjugating the perfect
Conjugating the imperfect
Subject and mood markers of the imperfect verb
Verb patterns
The Perfect, Form I
The Perfect, Form II
The Perfect, Form III
The Perfect, Form IV
The Perfect, Form V
The Perfect, Form VI
The Perfect, Form VII
The Perfect, Form VIII
The Perfect, Form IX
The Perfect, Form X
Noun-Verb Paradigm Chart
Time
Verb-Subject Agreement
Constituents of Verb-Type Words
Verb Types
Adverbs marked by accusative case
The Passive Voice
Inflecting the verb for the passive voice Workbook and Answers