Arabic: An Essential Grammar, Vol. 1
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Arabic: An Essential Grammar is an up-to-date and practical reference guide to the most important aspects of the language. Suitable for beginners, as well as intermediate students, this book offers a strong foundation for learning the fundamental grammar and structure of Arabic.The complexities of the language are set out in short, readable sections, and exercises and examples are provided throughout. The book is ideal for independent learners as well as for classroom study.Features of this book include:coverage of the Arabic script and alphabeta chapter on Arabic handwritinga guide to pronunciation full examples throughout.
Preface viiAcknowledgements viiiList of abbreviations ixArabic script, transliteration and alphabet table 1Pronunciation of consonants 5Punctuation and handwriting 9Vowels 13Sukun, saddah, noun cases and nunation as indefinite form 17Long vowels, 'alif maqsurah, dagger or miniature 'alif, word stress and syllable structure 21Hamzah (hamzatu l-qat'i) and the maddah sign 26Definite article...[Characters not reproducible] 'al..., nominal sentences, verbal sentences, word order and adjectives 31Sun and moon letters, hamzatu l-wasli (waslah) 39Gender 46Conjunctions, prepositions and the particle [Characters not reproducible] hatta 51'Idafah construction (genitive attribute) and the five nouns 61Number: dual and plural 70Perfect tense verbs, root and radicals, triliteral verbs and word order 78Separate personal pronouns and suffix pronouns 87Demonstrative, reflexive and reciprocal pronouns 98Imperfect tense verb in the indicative and word order 106Derived verb forms (stems), roots and radicals, transitive and intransitive verbs 115Passive verbs 128Rules for writing the hamzah (hamzatu l-qat'i) 135Broken plurals and collective nouns 144Triptotes and diptotes 151Participles, verbal nouns (masdar), nouns of place, time and instrument 160Interrogative particles and pronouns, vocative particles 169Adjectival patterns, relative adjectives (nisbah), comparatives and superlatives, diminutives 181'Inna [Characters not reproducible] and its sisters, kana [Characters not reproducible] and its sisters 193Relative pronouns and relative clauses 201Moods: subjunctive, jussive (apocopatus) and imperative 209Doubled verbs (mediae geminatae) and quadriliteral verbs 218Verbs with hamzah 224Verbs with a weak initial radical 231Verbs with a weak middle radical 237Verbs with a weak final radical, doubly weak verbs and weak verbs with hamzah 246Cardinal numbers 256Ordinal numbers, fractions, expressions of time and calendars 269Exception 282Verbs of wonder, the negative copula [Characters not reproducible] laysa, verbs with special uses and some special uses of the preposition [Characters not reproducible] bi... 289Adverbs and adverbials, absolute or inner object, hal (circumstantial clause) and tamyiz (accusative of specification) 299Conditional sentences 309AppendicesTables of verb forms 319Verb conjugation paradigms 328Index 351
