Mastering Arabic Grammar
Published on 21. April 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-4039-4109-1 (ISBN)
Description
Mastering Arabic Grammar is a reference and activity grammar book for all beginners and early intermediate students of Arabic, whether studying in a group or by themselves. The book reinforces and expands the structures and vocabulary presented in Mastering Arabic and is the ideal companion to this popular course. However the clear structural explanations and practice activities make it a perfect companion for any taught or self-teach course. The book is divided into two parts: basis grammar and verbs. There are optional extra sections with explanations and activities covering the grammatical case endings used in formal, literary and religious Arabic.
More details
Series
Edition
2005
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
204 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-4109-1 (9781403941091)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-14586-4
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
JANE WIGHTWICK and MAHMOUD GAAFAR share many years' experience in a combination of teaching, educational publishing and commerce in the Arab world. They are the authors of all the titles in the best-selling Mastering Arabic series.
Content
Introduction.- PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF ARABIC GRAMMAR.- The Arabic Root System.- Gender: Masculine and Feminine.- The Article.- Pronouns (singular) and Non-verbal Sentences.- Plurals and Plural Pronouns.- Demonstratives.- Adjectives and Descriptive Sentences.- Describing Position.- Forming Questions.- Possession and Attached Pronouns.- Plurals: Broken Plural.- Comparative and Superlative.- The Dual.- PART 2: ARABIC VERBS.- Past Verbs.- Present\Future Verbs.- Irregular Verbs.- Forms of the Verb.- Making Verbs Negative.- Nouns and Adjectives Formed from Verbs.- Dual Verbs.- PART 3: ANSWERS TO ACTIVITIES.