Basic Arabic: A Grammar and Workbook

ISBN-13: 9780415587723 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 358 str.

Waheed Samy; Leila Samy

Opis

'Basic Arabic' comprises an accessible reference grammar of Modern Standard Arabic with related exercises in a single volume. The 20 units present the significant grammar points and structures generally encountered in the first year of language study. Each unit features graded exercises to reinforce the material covered. A full answer key is included, making the material suitable for both classroom-use and independent learners.

Recenzje

"It covers just about everything a beginner needs to know about a rich, complex and fascinating language sought out by countless learners across the globe." The Huffington Post.

Spis treści

Preface 1. Word Boundaries in Written Arabic 2. Meaning and Grammatical Categories Encapsulated in a Word 3. Arabic Grammar Paradigm 4. The Arabic Language Writing System 5. Function of Diacritics 6. Agreement 7. Pronouns 8. Demonstratives 9. Case Marking: Noun Words 10. Noun Type Words: Syntactic Function, Case Name and Case Marking 11. Syntactic Functions and their Case Markers 12. Noun Types 13. The "Human" Vs "Non-Human" Classification of Nouns 14. The Human Category Nouns 15. The Non-Human Category Nouns 16. Noun Attributes: Number, Gender, Case, Definiteness 17. Numbers and Counting 18. The Sentence—the basics 19. The Noun-Adjective Phrases 20. Adjectives: Agreement with Nouns 21. The ‘Idafa Phrase 22. The ‘Idafa Adjective Phrase 23. The definite article 24. Prepositions 25. Adverbials 26. To have 27. Questions 28. Negation 29. About the Arabic verb 30. Conjugating the perfect 31. Conjugating the imperfect 32. Subject and mood markers of the imperfect verb 33. Verb patterns 34. The Perfect, Form I 35. The Perfect, Form II 36. The Perfect, Form III 37. The Perfect, Form IV 38. The Perfect, Form V 39. The Perfect, Form VI 40. The Perfect, Form VII 41. The Perfect, Form VIII 42. The Perfect, Form IX 43. The Perfect, Form X 44. Noun-Verb Paradigm Chart 45. Time 46. Verb-Subject Agreement 47. Constituents of Verb-Type Words 48. Verb Types 49. Adverbs marked by accusative case 50. The Passive Voice 51. Inflecting the verb for the passive voice Workbook and Answers

O autorze

Waheed Samy, Leila Samy