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Basic Course in Iraqi Arabic with MP3 Audio Files

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ISBN-10: 1589010116

ISBN-13: 9781589010116

Edition: 2008 (Reprint)

Authors: Wallace M. Erwin

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List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication date: 3/22/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Contents of the Audio MP3 Files
Arabic Research at Georgetown University
The History of the Arabic Research Program, Institute of Languages and Linguistics, Georgetown University
Foreword to the Georgetown Classics Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Consonants p b k g f v [Theta] [delta] s z s z c j m n w y
Vowels: General comments
Long vowel aa
Long vowel ii
Long vowel uu
Long vowel oo
Long vowel ee
Long vowels: Summary
Automatic stress (1)
Short vowel a
Automatic stress (2)
Short vowel i
Short vowel u
Medial consonant clusters
Medial double consonants
Consonant t
Consonant d
Consonant l
Diphthongs aaw and aw
Medial double ww
Syllable structure; automatic stress (3)
Consonant h
Consonant r
Consonant [characters not reproducible]
Diphthongs aay and ay
Medial double yy
Emphatic consonants: General comments
Emphatic consonant l
Emphatic consonant t
Emphatic consonant s
Emphatic consonant [delta]
Primary and secondary emphatics: General comments
Emphatic consonants p b f m z
Initial consonant clusters
Initial double consonants
Consonant x
Consonant g
Short vowel o
Diphthongs eew, ooy, and iw
Consonant q
Final consonant clusters; automatic stress (4)
Final double consonants; automatic stress (5)
Consonant [characters not reproducible]
Consonant [characters not reproducible]
Non-automatic stress
Assimilation
Loss of initial [characters not reproducible]
Helping vowel
Loss of stem vowel
Double consonants
Charts
Dialogue
Grammar
Pronoun suffixes: Second person
Independent personal prounons: Second person
Adjectives: Masculine, feminine, and plural forms
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Pronoun suffixes: First person
The preposition [characters not reproducible]ind
Noun gender and adjective agreement
Iraqi equivalents of English indefinite article
The article prefix l-/D-
The demonstrative prefix hal-/haD-
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Pronoun suffixes: First-person pronoun suffix -ni
Independent personal pronouns: First person
Preposition suffix -l- 'to, for'
Prefix s- 'what'
Prefix w- 'and'
Adjective inflection: Stem changes
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Interrogative sinu 'what'
Equational sentences
General demonstrative pronoun: Masculine and feminine forms
Preposition prefix l-/D- 'to, for'
Imperfect tense: First-person forms
Imperfect tense: Second-person forms
Future prefix ra[characters not reproducible]
Drills
Narrative
Grammar
Preposition prefix b- 'in'
Imperfect tense: Third-person forms
Summary of imperfect-tense verb forms
Pronoun suffixes: Third person
Summary of pronoun suffix forms used with consonant stems
Verb strings
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
laazim 'must'
Imperative forms (1)
Negative commands
Pronoun suffix forms used with vowel stems
Vowel stems
The preposition [characters not reproducible]ala 'on'
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Interrogatives sgadd 'how much' and cam 'how many'
The numerals 'one' and 'two'
Noun-adjective phrases: Agreement in definiteness (1)
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Imperfect verb stems beginning with a vowel
Imperative forms (2)
Verb 'to be able, can'
minnaa and minnaak
The numerals from 'three' to 'ten'
Independent personal pronouns: Third person and summary
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Interrogative -ees 'what'; b-ees 'how much'
The dual
Feminine -t- stems
The numerals from 'eleven' to 'nineteen'
Drills
Narrative
Grammar
Forms of preposition min 'from, of'
The numerals from 'twenty' to 'ninety-nine'
Telling time
Pre-nouns: geer and fadd
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Conjunctions: Prepositions plus suffix -ma
Forms of verb stems used with preposition suffix -l- 'to, for'
Special forms of the verb 'to say' used with preposition suffix -l- 'to, for' (1)
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Prefect tense: Sound verbs (1)
The particle ba [characters not reproducible]ad 'still, yet' plus pronoun suffixes
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Perfect tense: Sound verbs (2)
Progressive prefix da-
Suffixing stems of [characters not reproducible] ax 'brother' and [characters not reproducible] ab 'father'
Noun-adjective phrases: Agreement in definiteness (2)
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Conjunctions: Interrogatives plus suffix ma-
Noun plurals: General comments
Sound masculine plurals: Suffixes -iin and -a
Sound feminine plurals: Suffix -aat
Broken plurals
Numerals from 'three' to 'ten': Combining forms
Numerals: The hundreds
Drills
Narrative
Grammar
Perfect tense: Hollow verbs
Perfect-tense verbs with pronoun suffixes
Special forms of gaal 'to say' used with preposition suffix -l- 'to, for' (2)
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Annexions
Preposition -b- 'in' with pronoun suffixes
Perfect tense: Doubled verbs
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Perfect tense: Defective verbs
The verb [characters not reproducible] ija or jaa 'to come'
The post-stated object
The particle xoos 'good'
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Roots and patterns
Feminine form of adjectives
The comparative
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
The verb caan 'to be'
The verb caan as an auxiliary
Drills
Narrative
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Sentence types: Equational, verbal, and topical
Plural forms of adjectives
Adjective agreement in gender and number
Agreement of pronouns and verbs
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Relative clauses
Constructions with maal
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Verb classes
Inflection of derived and quadriliteral verbs
Ordinal numerals
Numerals: The thousands and millions
Days of the week, month, and dates
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Suffix -man 'whose, whom'
Active participles: Class I
The word nafis 'soul; same; self'
Drills
Narrative
Grammar
Active participles: Class II to X and Quadriliterals
The auxiliary caan with active participle
Adjectives of color and defect
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Collectives and unit nouns
Passive participles
Nouns ending in -ci
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Conditional sentences
Imperatives: Summary; prefixes di- and xal-
Far demonstratives and summary
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
The stem -yyaa-
Summary of negatives
Drills
Dialogue
Grammar
Nisba adjectives
Feminie -t- stems of the pattern FvMLat-
Drills
Narrative
Grammar
Verbal nouns
Drills