Your one-stop guide to mastering the basics of Arabic—updated with access to online audio tutorials!
This bestselling guide provides you with the tools you need to communicate effectively and confidently in Arabic. Arabic Verbs & Essentials of Grammar, 3rd Edition offers a solid foundation of verbs and major grammatical concepts of the language, including pronouns, idioms and expressions, irregular verbs, and expressions of time. Each unit is devoted to one topic, so you can find what you need right away.
Concise yet thorough explanations are supported by numerous examples to help you master the concepts covered. A helpful verb index features 300 verbs and is cross-referenced with the abundant verb tables appearing throughout the book. Audio tutorials, available via the McGraw-Hill Language Lab app and online, provide chapter summaries with highlights, tips, and pronunciation models.
Arabic Verbs & Essentials of Grammar, 3rd Edition features:
• “Top 300” verb index
• An accessible introduction to the basics of Arabic
• Language tables for quick and easy reference
• Contemporary usage of verbs, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and other grammar essentials
• Examples of contemporary language being used in real-life situations • New: Audio tutorials for each chapter that you can access via app or online
By:
Jane Wightwick, Mahmoud Gaafar Imprint: McGraw Hill Country of Publication: United States Edition: 3rd ed. Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 158mm,
Spine: 8mm
Weight: 227g ISBN:9781260030990 ISBN 10: 1260030997 Series:Verbs and Essentials of Grammar Publication Date:03 January 2018 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1. The Arabic root system Part One: Arabic Verbs 2. Regular verbs: The basic tenses 3. Irregular verbs: Introduction 4. Irregular verbs: Verbs with waaw or yaa’ as a root letter 5. Irregular verbs: Doubled verbs 6. Irregular verbs: Verbs with hamza 7. Derived forms of verbs: Introduction 8. Derived forms II–IV 9. Derived forms V–VI 10. Derived forms VII–X 11. Essentials of making sentences with verbs 12. Verbs in the subjunctive 13. Verbs in the jussive (incl. the imperative) 14. Making verbs negative 15. Making verbs passive 16. Verbal nouns and other verbal constructions 17. Verbs in the dual 18. Verbs with four root letters (quadriliterals) 19. Some unusual common verbs Part Two: Arabic Essentials of Grammar 20. The article and personal pronouns 21. Genders 22. Sentences without verbs 23. Describing things 24. Describing position (prepositions of place) 25. Plurals 26. Describing possession 27. Questions and relative clauses 28. The dual Appendixes (i) Arabic alphabet and pronunciation (ii) Grammatical case endings (iii)Numbers Verb Index: 400 Arabic verbs for easy reference Arabic–English English–Arabic
Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar are highly experienced language teachers and authors.